Lean thinking as organisational practice in enabling supply chain sustainability

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 291-308

  So, Stuart ^a   Sun, Hongyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lean thinking; SSCM; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANUFACTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; GENERALISATION; LEAN THINKING; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; RESEARCH MODELS; SSCM; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84943383800     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2015.072140     Document Type: Article

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