The environmental implications and responsibilities of organizations begin at an organization’s boundaries with management of their operations, but also extend to incorporate interorganizational relationships and networks, the supply chain. We will investigate the practice and theory of sustainable supply chains and operations management in organizations throughout the world. This course is intended to provide students with understanding the intra- and interorganizational implications of environmental sustainability practices and policies. The role of organizational supply chain management functions, activities, tools and methods and their relationship to the natural environment will be introduced and discussed. The goals are for students to grasp the scope of general supply chain/operations management and environmental sustainability as they relate to the firm; to be able to relate to the manners in which management may respond and collaborate internally and with suppliers, customers, and various other stakeholders influencing and influenced by operational and supply chain activities from practical and theoretical case studies; able to evaluate various factors and understand tradeoffs in management decisions as they pertain to environmental supply chain management.
OIE 549: Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management
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