A supply chain that is not integrated is one that operates in separate compartments. This could be the case for a company like one that uses a combination of truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments with their own dedicated milkrun route.
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Lean, Green, and Agile Supply Chain Practices
Ayesha Saeed (Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China) and Rizwan Shoukat (Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6663-6.ch006
Abstract
In response to increased competition in recent years, businesses have been pushed to adopt new procedures, such as establishing updated information and communication systems and creating more streamlined production processes. The potential for supply chains to facilitate the introduction of innovative management practices is seen as crucial to the sector's future success. Three ideas, “lean,” “green,” and “agile,” deserve serious consideration because of their potential to significantly improve supply chain efficiency. However, combining agile and lean principles to lessen environmental consequences is a relatively new issue that is not well-defined in terms of structure. Through a comprehensive analysis of the literature on lean, green, and agile paradigms, this chapter hopes to identify potential future lines of inquiry and identify knowledge gaps. This chapter is an effort to synthesize recent findings on the interconnectedness of lean, green, and agile practices in supply chain management.