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• 57 min
  1. Operations strategy: a decision and evaluation framework

  • Prof. Jan A. Van Mieghem
• 32 min
  2. Operations strategy: competition, competencies & trade-offs

  • Prof. Gad Allon
• 57 min
  3. Capacity strategies

  • Prof. Brian Tomlin
• 43 min
  4. Inventory and supply chain strategies

  • Prof. Jing-Sheng Song
• 34 min
  5. Flexibility

  • Dr. Jiri Chod
• 34 min
  6. Operational and financial hedging

  • Prof. John R. Birge
• 51 min
  7. Flow optimization strategies

  • Prof. Jérémie Gallien
• 32 min
  8. Sourcing strategies

  • Dr. Donald Rosenfield
• 61 min
  9. Contracting in a supply chain

  • Prof. Martin A. Lariviere
• 26 min
  10. Innovation and new product development (INPD)

  • Prof. Vish Krishnan
• 46 min
  11. Service operations strategies

  • Prof. Richard Metters
• 47 min
  12. Understanding recurrent and disruptive risk in supply chains

  • Prof. Sunil Chopra
• 40 min
  13. How high velocity organizations get ahead and stay ahead

  • Dr. Steven J. Spear
• 12 min
  14. The encroachment framework 1

  • Prof. Bo van der Rhee
  • Prof. Glen Schmidt
• 8 min
  15. The encroachment framework 2

  • Prof. Bo van der Rhee
  • Prof. Glen Schmidt
• 31 min
  16. Sustainability in operations

  • Prof. Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier
• 38 min
  17. Leadership in middle management and operations

  • Prof. Christoph H. Loch
• 19 min
  18. Caterpillar bundles to win: operations strategy in action

  • Prof. Sridhar Tayur

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1. Introduction
2. Talk outline
3. Population growth
4. Climate change
5. Wells
6. Preservation of resources
7. Definition of sustainability
8. Outlining sustainability according to 3 categories
9. Activities can be eco-efficient or eco-effective
10. Different facets of sustainability in operations
11. Motivation for companies
12. Sustainable companies profit from 4 main benefits
13. Possible actions to become more sustainable
14. Sustainability - business cases
15. 4 business cases - insights into possible actions
16. Green retailing - Walmart's challenges
17. Green retailing - Walmart's strategy
18. Green retailing - Walmart’s sustainability impact
19. 4 business cases - green sourcing
20. Green sourcing - Cargill's challenges
21. Green sourcing - Cargill's reaction
22. The importance of transparency & communication
23. 4 business cases - green manufacturing
24. Green manufacturing - Tetra Pak's challenges
25. Green manufacturing - Tetra Pak's strategy
26. Stakeholder engagement & empowerment
27. 4 business cases - green accounting
28. Green accounting - PUMA's challenges
29. Green accounting - PUMA‘s EP&L account
30. Green accounting - PUMA‘s EP&L account results
31. Conclusion & outlook
32. Being sustainable pays off in various ways
33. 3 future hot topics of sustainability in operations
34. 2 important levers of sustainability in operations
35. Contact details

Topics Covered

• Sustainability in operations
• Population growth, climate change, wells
• People, planet, profit
• Eco-efficiency vs. eco-effectiveness
• Sustainability and competitiveness
• Business case 1: green retailing
• Business case 2: green sourcing
• Business case 3: green manufacturing
• Business case 4: green accounting
• Challenges, actions, benefits
• Future trends in sustainability
• Key levers of sustainability in operations

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Series:

• Operations Strategy

Categories:

• Strategy
• Technology & Operations

Bite-size Case Studies:

• How Walmart built sustainability into the supply chain
• Cargill: the importance of transparency in environmental policy
• Puma: how sustainability accounting creates a win-win for companies and stakeholders

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Publication History

• Published on July 8, 2014