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Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Education, Entertainment, Hotels, Temporary Help, and Publishing
Executive Summary With increased public attention to sustainability, companies are increasingly developing policies and goals related to green practices. For some companies the movement towards sustainability has accel- erated in the past few years. Sustainable practices are extending beyond the company to its vendors. Many companies have stated policies recommending or even requiring its suppliers meet minimum sustainability standards. Labor and human rights form another key element of supplier selection. Many of the studied companies had supplier diversity programs that…
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Labor & Human Rights Supply Chain: Market Research Aerospace & Defense Sustainability Report
Authors: Chad Vermillion, Jeffrey Behrens, Amy Sims Overview The Aerospace & Defense industry is dependent on large contracts to deliver high end products such as airplanes, fighter jets, tanks and other high value end item products. Since the main driver of this industry is high cost, highly regulated items, most of the companies in this industry follow guidelines set by their customers, as well as the prescribed laws in places governing how they must operate and conduct business. The aerospace…
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High Tech & Electronics Industry: Sustainability Industry Report
Authors: Allan Carr, Sundari Keerthi Kota, Ravi Dharmalingam, Yuan Zhang, Richard Merchant Executive Summary The high tech and electronics industrial sector has seen increasing in recent years demand for their goods and services due to the rising consumption in several developing countries as well as due the growth in cloud computing. This increase in overall demand is certainly adding more risk to the sus- tainability of this supply chain. With no uniform environmental and labor laws governing this supply chain,…
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Global Chemical Industry Analysis: Sustainability Industry Report
Executive Summary & Industry Overview: Authors: Ryan Smith, Weston Held, Neal Rosenberger Through the analysis of the various chemical and manufacturing companies, there was a common theme of sustainability addressed. The global chemical industry generates revenue of about $3 trillion and produces precursors and intermediates for most other consumer industries. The chemi- cal industry is highly regulated with major contributing regions being Europe, North America, and Asia. With new regulations such as REACH, the industry framework is changing to adapt…
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Practice Summaries: American Airlines Uses Should-Cost Modeling to Assess the Uncertainty of Bids for Its Full-Truckload Shipment Routes
By: Jeffrey Stonebraker, Ph.D.
We used decision analysis to develop a probabilistic model to help American Airlines assess the uncertainty of bid quotes for its full-truckload (FTL) point-to-point freight shipments of maintenance equipment and in-flight service items in the United States. The model reduced the airline’s risk of overpaying an FTL supplier. Authors Poole College of Management: Michael J. Bailey, John Snapp, Subramani Yetur, Jeffrey S. Stonebraker, Steven A. Edwards American Airlines: Aaron Davis, Robert Cox
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