Recent Developments in Supply Chain Compliance in Europe and Its Global Impacts on Businesses

2021 ◽  
pp. 578-584
Author(s):  
Çiçek Ersoy ◽  
Hatice Camgoz Akdag
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Global Impacts

scholarly journals Corporate social responsibility and protection of workers’ human rights: the case of Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-270
Author(s):  
Achim Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
German Law ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights

The following Article analyzes recent developments of German law regarding CSR and the protection of human rights in the production sites of foreign subsidiaries and suppliers of German companies. It gives a brief overview on the National Action Plan of the Federal Government, adopted in 2016, analyzes possibilities of a direct enforcement of human rights violations before German courts and gives a survey on some relevant instruments German law uses to promote the respect of human rights by German companies (e.g. CSR transparency and public procurement law). Finally, the current debate on the adoption of a “Supply Chains Act” is briefly assessed. The author argues that the CSR debate in Germany has reached a crossroad with the Federal Government’s initiative for a “Supply Chains Act” since such Act would probably establish a supply chain due diligence and also a delictual liability of German companies for human rights violations caused by a non-compliance with its statutory duties to control its supply chain. However, the outcome of this ongoing debate still is unclear.

Applications of Operations Research in Production and Distribution Management of Pharmaceutical Products

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-77
Author(s):  
Mahsa Yousefi Sarmad ◽  
Mir Saman Pishvaee
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain ◽  
Distribution Management ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Business Entities

Pharmaceutical industry is considered as a global industry because of its effects on the human life. Many researchers used optimization tools to manage the pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) efficiently. A supply chain may be defined as an integrated process where several business entities work together to produce goods and/or services and deliver them to the end customer. The issue of PSC which includes strategic, tactical and operational decisions, is still a quite hot issue. The intended mission of this chapter is to introduce and discuss the recent developments of procurement, production and distribution management of pharmaceutical products in order to pave the way for the readers who are interested in this area of research. Notably, the focus of the chapter is on quantitative OR-based models which enable the decision makers to appropriately coordinate and manage the whole pharmaceutical industry.

Recent Developments in Green Supply Chain Management

2017 ◽  
pp. 191-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay R. Brown ◽  
Maxim A. Bushuev ◽  
Andrey A. Kretinin ◽  
Alfred L. Guiffrida
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Decision Models ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Day To Day Operations

In today's supply chains, green and sustainable business practices have become an integral part of long-term strategy as well as the day-to-day operations, and sourcing and logistics play fundamental roles in ensuring the success of sustainable supply chains. In this chapter, we review recent research on three classes of decision models that are used in the logistics and sourcing functions of sustainable supply chains. Specifically, we examine and summarize recent developments in sustainable decision models for supplier selection, inventory lot-sizing, and last-mile delivery. Our review of the green and sustainable features found in these three models results in a single-source consolidation of models used in sustainable sourcing and logistics. This review may prove useful to researchers who focus on sustainable supply chain management and to practitioners who seek to expand their toolkit of models for the management and control of their supply chain.

Humanitarian Operations and Supply Chain Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan M. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
Recent Developments

The need for humanitarian assistance is documented in the news on a daily basis. Functioning supply chains are a critical factor in providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid to people in need. Therefore, the humanitarian sector has developed organizations, processes, procedures, and tools that support the specific situation facing this sector, which is in several ways different from a commercial setting. This chapter discusses some challenges of humanitarian operations and supply chain management (HumOSCM) for humanitarian assistance, provides an overview, and lays out some good practices and recent developments of HumOSCM. Better scholarship and practice of HumOSCM will contribute to solving grand challenges as conveyed in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Developments Concerning Supply Chain Management in Global Retailing Business

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Yasin Galip Gencer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Retail Business ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Retailing Business

The purpose of this chapter is to explain developments in supply chain management in the global retail business. There are many recent developments which are described in this chapter. As its use is rising in several businesses, we had focused on SCM in retailing business, and this chapter is an enhanced version of that study. Sustainability-related issues have been discussed for many years and the term sustainability has received increased attention in research since the last two decades. This article studies on recent issues and brings an overview of past and current sustainability research in retail applications for examining retailing and sustainability relevance. The article considers supply chain management facilitates and the development of them in both retailing and general supply chain management practices through innovation, expanded product design, globalization, flexibility, process-based management and collaborative working approaches. Ultimately, the study is exampled from retailing businesses and it is concluded by further discussions.

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