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Sustainable quality improvement looks to take a broader view of the measurable effect, considering social and environmental outcomes alongside financial ones. This is also known as the Triple Bottom Line. This principle was applied to the sustainable value of healthcare [18] by including sustainability as a domain of quality in healthcare. [18]
As supply-chain sustainability becomes a more critical business issue, the need for reliable and robust data from suppliers increases. [32] Whilst some existing business systems can collect some sustainability data, [citation needed] most large businesses will look to dedicated software providers for more specific sustainability functionality.
Patagonia has developed a number of programs to ensure sustainability in their supply chain including the Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility Program, which is used to measure and reduce the environmental impacts of manufacturing products and materials at supplier facilities worldwide, [35] and the Material Traceability Program, which is ...
Supply chain professionals need to have an understanding of business continuity basics and strategies, [148] and Tramarico et al noted that several processes from other disciplinary theories, including the resource-based view, supply chain design and interorganizational relationships are integral to a mature understanding of supply chain ...
In sophisticated supply chain systems, used products may re-enter the supply chain at any point where residual value is recyclable. Supply chains link value chains. [6] Suppliers in a supply chain are often ranked by "tier", with first-tier suppliers supplying directly to the client, second-tier suppliers supplying to the first tier, and so on. [7]
A nonexhaustive list of GSCM criteria from D. Kannan et al. (2014) is given below. GSCM Criteria 1 “Commitment of senior management to GSCM” [6] “The support of senior management is crucial in GSCM adoption, as there will be an eventual need for process adjustments or cultural changes” [6]
These include the Sustainability Consortium of the Society for Organizational Learning, [111] the Sustainable Business Institute, [112] and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. [113] Supply chain sustainability looks at the environmental and human impacts of products in the supply chain. It considers how they move from raw ...
Also in the UK, the Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare carries out HTA in collaboration with the health service, the NHS and various industrial partners. MATCH is organised into four themes addressing key HTA topics including Health Economics, Tools for Industry, User Needs and Procurement and Supply chain.