Sustainable Demand & Supply Chain Management [25601]


Seminar SS 2009

PD Dr. Cornelia Schön

News

Results - seminar certificates can be picked up at Monika Emanuel (20.14-217), secretary of Prof. Puppe.

Intro - slides for download

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Content

The call for sustainable development in order to meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission, 1989) is gaining increasing awareness among researchers and practitioners of supply chain management (SCM). The need to integrate environmental thinking and social responsibility with economic objectives in traditional cost-oriented SCM is driven mainly by the escalating deterioration of the environment, by regulatory pressures, by its potential to create a marketing edge and major competitive advantages in innovation and operations. Accordingly, many corporations have implemented various proactive “R”-practices (Reduce, Re-use, Rework, Refurbish, Reclaim, Recycle, Remanufacture, Reverse logistics, etc.) in anticipation of evolving environmental performance requirements. These initiatives thus embrace all supply chain processes including product design, material sourcing and selection, production, distribution and delivery of the final product to the consumers as well as end-of-life management of the product after its useful life. The opportunities for Operations Research are numerous but not yet exploited to their full potential.

This seminar will cover different OR modelling approaches and case study applications to provide an overview of the current state-of-the art in sustainable supply & demand chain management in theory and practice. Students are encouraged to identify research needs and potentials and to suggest solutions to the difficult problems encountered in practice in order to make a sustainable contribution!

Topics in Detail


# Topic Student(s)
1 Introduction to Sustainable Demand and Supply Chain Management Alexander Dockhorn
2 Reverse Logistics Network Design Hanna Krause & Lisa Schuhladen
3 Many Happy Product Returns – Inventory Control in Reverse Supply Chains
4 Green Design – Tools and Industry Practices Paul Bödeker
5 DEA in Environmental Management & Green Product Design
6 Concurrent Product and Closed-loop Supply Chain Design
7 Market-driven Design of Green Products – the EON Case Sebastian Schirp
8 Product Recovery through Recycling Bastian Brandstetter
9 Case: McDonald’s
10 Case: Starbucks Yvonne Link & Helge Schunck
11 Case: MIGROS Barbara Raczka
12 Case: Fairtrade Evelyn Sperber
13 Case: Nestle Larissa Faulhaber & Annegret Stephan
14 Case: IKEA
15 Case: WAL-MART Jonas Gillich
16 Case: Woolworth

Schedule

Kick-off: Wednesday, 22.4.09 15:45-17:15 in room 20.14-103.2
(Only for students who are admitted to the seminar)
Final Presentations: en bloc on Friday, 24.7.09 in room 11.40-214



Registration & Organization

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