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供应链管理外文翻译
毕业论文材料:
英文文献及译文
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电子商务环境下XX公司
供应链管理研究
IIMBManagementReview
Volume23,Issue4,December2011,Pages234–245
Sustainablesupplychainmanagement:
Reviewandresearchopportunities
∙SudheerGupta OmkarD.Palsule-Desai
Abstract
Anthropogenicemissionslikelyposeseriousthreattothestabilityofourenvironment;immediateactionsarerequiredtochangethewaytheearth’sresourcesareconsumed.Amongthemanyapproachestomitigationofenvironmentaldeteriorationbeingconsidered,theprocessesfordesigning,sourcing,producinganddistributingproductsinglobalmarketsplayacentralrole.Considerableresearcheffortisbeingdevotedtounderstandinghoworganisationalinitiativesandgovernmentpoliciescanbestructuredtofacilitateincorporationofsustainabilityintodesignandmanagementofentiresupplychain.Inthispaper,wereviewthecurrentstateofacademicresearchinsustainablesupplychainmanagement,andprovideadiscussionoffuturedirectionandresearchopportunitiesinthisfield.Wedevelopanintegrativeframeworksummarisingtheexistingliteratureunderfourbroadcategories:
(i)strategicconsiderations;(ii)decisionsatfunctionalinterfaces;(iii)regulationandgovernmentpolicies;and(iv)integrativemodelsanddecisionsupporttools.Weaimtoprovidemanagersandindustrypractitionerswithanuancedunderstandingofissuesandtrade-offsinvolvedinmakingdecisionsrelatedtosustainablesupplychainmanagement.WeconcludethepaperbydiscussingenvironmentalinitiativesinIndiaandtherelevanceofsustainabilitydiscussionsinthecontextoftheIndianeconomy.
Keywords
∙Sustainablesupplychainmanagement;
∙Greensupplychains;
∙Closed-loopsupplychains;
∙Sustainability;
∙Extendedproducerresponsibility;
∙Emissionstrading
Introduction
Abroadconsensushasbynowemergedthatanthropogenicemissionsposeseriousthreattothestabilityofourenvironment,andthattheresultingchangeswillaffectourecosystembydisruptingfoodandwatersupplies,submergingcoastalwetlands,andcausingsevereweatherpatternsandspeciesextinction.Theglobalaveragetemperaturehasbeenrisingsincetheearly1900s,andhasrisenbymorethan0.5°Cinthelast50yearsalone,withanaccompanyingriseinglobalaveragesealevelsanddropinNorthernHemispheresnowcover(IPCC,2007a).Decadesofcarefuldatacollection,analysisandprojectionsbygroupsofscientistsandresearchersaroundtheworldhaveconfirmedthattheworldfacesseverechangeswithanexpected2–4°Criseinglobalaveragetemperaturebytheyear2100:
30–40%ofthespeciescouldbeextinct,closetoathirdofglobalcoastalwetlandsareindangerofbeingsubmerged,millionsofpeoplewilllikelyfacefoodandwatershortages,andmanydenselypopulatedareasoftheworld,includingmanypartsofAsia,willfacehigherratesofmorbidityandmortalityfromheatwaves,floodsanddroughts(IPCC,2007b).
Alargepartoftheblamehasbeenattributedtothesixgreenhousegases(GHGs)thatareknowntotrapheatintotheearth’satmosphereandcontributetoariseinglobaltemperature:
primaryonesbeingcarbondioxide,methane,andnitrousoxide.Asmeasurementshaveshown,concentrationsofGHGsintheearth’satmospherehavebeenrelativelystableoverthelast10,000years(atbetween250and300partspermillion).However,inthelast150yearsorso—sincethebeginningofindustrialrevolution—concentrationsofcarbondioxideintheatmospherehaveshotupbymorethan30%(fromlessthan300 ppmtocloseto400 ppm),andconcentrationsofmethanehavealmostdoubled(IPCC,2007a).Severallargescalemodelprojectionshaveshownthatabusiness-as-usualscenario,withnochangesinourproductionmethodsandconsumptionhabits,willleadtoanimbalanceintheecosystemanddamagethestabilityofourenvironment.
Thereisanobviousneedforurgentactiontochangethewayweconsumetheearth’sresources.Amongthemanyapproachestomitigationandadaptationbeingconsidered,theprocessesfordesigning,sourcing,producinganddistributingproductsinglobalmarketsplayacentralrole,astheseactivitiesaccountforabulkoftheresourcesconsumedandtheenvironmentalimpact.Forexample,intheUnitedStates,industrialactivitiesaccountforaboutathirdoffossilfuelrelatedcarbondioxideemissions;another40%areaccountedforbytransportation(EPA,2007).Evidently,designandmanagementofsupplychainactivitiesisaprimaryfactorinpromotingenvironmentalsustainability.
Inthispaper,wereviewthecurrentstateofacademicresearchindesigningandmanagingsustainablesupplychains,andprovideadiscussionoffuturedirectionsandresearchopportunitiesinthisrapidlyevolvingfield.InSection 2,weprovideadefinitionanddescriptionofSustainableSupplyChainManagement.InSection 3,wesummariseanddiscussexistingclassificationsandreviewsofresearchinthisfield,anddescribehowourperspectivediffersfromthoseintheliterature.Section 4 presentsthebulkofrecentresearchinthisareathatfitsourintegrativeperspective,summarisedunderfourbroadcategories:
(i)Strategicconsiderations;(ii)Decisionsatfunctionalinterfaces;(iii)Regulationandgovernmentpolicies;and(iv)Integrativemodelsanddecisionsupporttools.WeconcludeinSection 5 withadiscussionofsomeenvironmentalinitiativesinIndiaandtherelevanceofsustainabilitydiscussionsinthecontextoftheIndianeconomy.
SustainableSupplyChainManagement(SSCM)
WedefineSustainableSupplyChainManagement(SSCM)asasetofmanagerialpracticesthatincludeallofthefollowing:
●Environmentalimpactasanimperative;
●Considerationofallstagesacrosstheentirevaluechainforeachproduct;and
●Amulti-disciplinaryperspective,encompassingtheentireproductlife-cycle.
Thisdefinitionimpliesafewbroadthemesinourperspectiveonenvironmentalsustainability.First,firmsmustviewenvironmentalimpactoftheiractivitiesasanintegralpartofdecision-making,ratherthanasaconstraintimposedbygovernmentregulationorsocialpressure,orasafadtoexploitbyappearingtobe“green”.Second,firmsmustpayattentiontoenvironmentalimpactacrosstheentirevaluechain,includingthoseofsuppliers,distributors,partnersandcustomers.Third,firms’viewofsustainabilitymusttranscendanarrowfunctionalperspectiveandencompassabroaderviewthatintegratesissues,problemsandsolutionsacrossfunctionalboundaries.
Inkeepingwiththisdefinition,ourreviewoftheliteratureonSSCMadoptsafirmperspective,ratherthansocietalorpolicy-makers’perspective,andfocusesonorganisationaldecisionsrelatedtotheentireproductlife-cyclethatinvolvesdesign,production,distribution,consumeruse,post-userecoveryandreuse.Wedonotlimitourselvestoliteratureinanyoneacademicdiscipline;rather,wefocusoninteractionsacrossfunctionalareasincludingcorporatestrategy,productdesign,productionandinventorymanagement,marketinganddistribution,and,regulatorycompliance.
Thepaperisintendedtoprovidemanagersandindustrypractitionerswithanuancedunderstandingofissuesandtrade-offsinvolvedinmakingdecisionsrelatedtoSSCM.ThepaperisalsointendedtoprovidemanagementresearcherswithasummaryofthecurrentstateoftheartinSSCMresearch,andaroadmapforfutureresearchdirections.
SSCMresearch:
reviewsandclassification
SeveralexcellentreviewshavebeenwrittenovertheyearsthatexaminevariousaspectsofSSCM-relatedresearch.Whilethesereviewsadoptdifferentperspectivesfromours,readersinterestedinexploringaparticularaspectofSSCMwouldfindthemuseful.Forinstance,manyoftheexistingreviewsexploretheSSCMliteratureforimplicationsofenvironmentalconcernsonfirm’sindividualfunctionsinvolvingactivitiessuchasproductdesign,productionplanning,orinventorymanagement.Onthecontrary,weexaminetheexistingstudiesfromavalue-chainperspective,anddiscussenvironmentalconcernsinmanagerialdecisionsacrossfunctions.Moreover,mostoftheexistingreviewscoverliteraturethatis,insomecases,overadecadeold.Ourreviewfocusesonmorerecentresearchinthisfastchangingandgrowingfield.
EarlyresearcheffortsinSSCMwerelargelydevotedtounderstandingthetechnicalandoperationalconsiderationsinherentincollecting,testing,sorting,andremanufacturingofreturnedproducts.Researchinthisdomaincanbroadlybeclassifiedunderthefollowingheadings:
(i)Productionplanning,schedulingandcontrol;(ii)Inventorymanagement;and(iii)Reverselogistics.Whileresearchintheseareascontinues,giventheavailabilityofexcellentreviewscoveringthisdomain,wewillabstractfromtheseissuesinourreview,andencouragethereaderstoconsultthepapersmentionedbelow.
Inanearlyreviewoftheliterature, Greenberg(1995) surveystheuseofmathematicalprogrammingmodelsforcontrollingenvironmentalquality,focussingonair,water,andland.Thepaperislimitedtogeneralequilibriummodelswithmultipledecisionmakingagents,whereanequivalentmathematicalprogramcanbeformulatedtocomputeafixedpoint.Thereviewprovidesanannotatedbibliographywithmorethan300papers,andidentifiesmanyresearchavenuesforstudiesusingmathematicalprogramminginaddressingenvironmentalconcerns. Fleischmannet al.(1997) focusonquantitativemodelsofreverselogistics,andsubdividetheliteratureinthreeareas:
distributionplanning,inventorycontrol,andproductionplanning.Foreachoftheseareas,theauthorsdiscusstheimplicationsoftheproductreuseeffortsbeingexploredatthetime,reviewthemathematicalmodelsproposedinth
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