Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Lisa Powelson Chattahoochee Technical College Abstract Building a sustainable supply chain requires a holistic approach that includes the company as well as their suppliers and their suppliers‚ suppliers – downstream and upstream. To ensure goals and objectives are achieved‚ sustainabilty must be a part of strategy‚ applying measurement metrics solidifies executive level sponsorship. Sustainable supply chains are typically viewed from a 3BL (3 bottom line)
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framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory Craig R. Carter and Dale S. Rogers University of Nevada‚ College of Business Administration‚ Reno‚ Nevada‚ USA Abstract Purpose – The authors perform a large-scale literature review and use conceptual theory building to introduce the concept of sustainability to the field of supply chain management and demonstrate the relationships among environmental‚ social‚ and economic performance within a supply chain management context
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Starbucks Expectations of Starbucks’ customers in terms of Starbucks’ coffee beverages The expectations of Starbucks’ customers regarding coffee beverages would be to receive a perfectly made coffee‚ which is also recognized by the Starbucks’ mission statement. The notion of perfectly made coffee at Starbucks will include freshness and richness of taste‚ choice (varieties by origin‚ type and flavor)‚ consistency of taste‚ image of “premium coffee”‚ some exotic experience‚ gourmet
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Published online 20 July 2006 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/bse.527 Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Tourism Xavier Font‚* Richard Tapper‚ Karen Schwartz and Marianna Kornilaki Leeds Metropolitan University‚ UK ABSTRACT Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination. Most research has focused on environmental aspects of manufacturing
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Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 19‚435 stores in 58 countries‚ including 12‚781 in the United States‚ 1‚241 in Canada‚ 1‚062 in Japan‚ 976 in Great Britain and 645 in China. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee‚ espresso-based hot drinks‚ other hot and cold drinks‚ coffee beans‚ salads‚ hot and cold sandwiches and panini‚ pastries‚ snacks‚ and items
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Starbucks Supply chain; Challenges & opportunities Introduction: Starbuck is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with over 1600 stores in 50 countries. The efficiency of the supply chain management is one of the keys of the success of this company‚ yet some issues has been emerging due essentially to a rapid growth during the last years. So what are those issues‚ and what are the alternatives solution and opportunities. Issues: • The supply process is a complicated
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1.0 Introduction There are numerous definitions of the terms ‘Sustainable’ and ‘Supply Chain’. For the simplistic but practical definition is “Management of raw materials and services from suppliers to manufacturer/ service provider to customer and back with improvement of the social and environmental impacts explicitly considered”. The supply chain considers the interactions between a business and its customers and suppliers. The greatest benefits are derived by extending the focus as far as possible
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Pirwany Title: Sustainable Supply Chain Instructor: Surjit Rai Course: Mark 451 Date: July 12‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Supply Chain Management 4 Traditional vs. Sustainable 4 Competitive Advantage 5 Challenges Building Sustainable Supply Chain 5 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Executive Summary This report starts with the introduction of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) and the difference between traditional and sustainable supply chain management. It
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through which companies‚ corporations and organizations leverage their strengths‚ magnify their reach‚ and decrease costs by outsourcing multiple business processes (IMF Staff‚ 2008). The globalization of Starbucks’ supply chain played a crucial role in attaining organizational success‚ having a significant impact on its business operations. This report aims to analyze the challenges that globalization presents in a constantly evolving market‚ and evaluate the solutions that Starbucks has implemented to
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ICT208 BI Tools & Techniques May Trimester‚ 2014 Assignment 1 DATE DUE: See Moodle for details of due date Some important points worth noting: You should submit your assignment using Moodle BEFORE 11:30pm (Perth time: i.e.‚ GMT +08) on the due date. As your submission will include at several files‚ you should submit your assignment as a single zipped file. The file you submit must be named using the form StudentNumber.zip (or other appropriate file extension‚ e.g.‚ 12345678.zip‚ 12345678
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