Reference no: EM13563195 , Length: 1800 Words

Course Name: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Literature Review subject: Sustainability in Operations

This order is to prepare a literature review of 3 pages or more about 'Sustainability in operations'. You need to use from 8 to 10 references.Deadline should be within one day only.

The objective of the literature review is to explore the following items:

• The operational challenges from the sustainability of operation perspectives.
• The best practices in management and operations and wether it applies ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 and 27001.
• Sustainability and environmental issues (including the security and safety issues in its policies and procedures).
• Operational challenges in the era of globalization and how to keep sustainability and balance between the profitability issues and social responsibilities and green practices.
• An obstacle that may face the organizations in implementing their sustainable polices and how they might mitigate them.
• Anything related to the subject.

For your information only

For the same topic (Sustainable practices on the performance of hotels supply chains and its Impacts), we conducted a survey and you can find it attached, for you to have an idea about the literature review subject.

The survey includes some questions about the following variables & Supply chain performance:

Variables include:

1.       Environmental Policy

• Publicly declare the hotel's specific environmental policy
• Widely promote the hotel's environmental policy to all employees, customers, and suppliers
• Environmental policy meets current environmental regulations (wastewater discharge, etc.)

2.       Resource Management Policy

• Regularly maintain and clean ventilation, air conditioning, heating, and cooking equipments
• Use electric equipment that meets power-saving standards
• Install water leak detection system, and provide for quick leak repair

3.       Waste Management Policy

• Minimize food wasting through appropriate distribution, storage, and management systems
• Use electronic versions to transfer and save data in order to decrease paper consumption and waste
• Avoid using disposable items (e.g., disposable tableware. . .)

4.       Social Responsibility 

• Promote the green hotel concept
• Actively involved in green and environmental protection-related activities
• Actively participate in public affairs of local community

5.       Health & safety policy 

• Avoid using toxic and dangerous chemicals
• Healthy and comfortable indoor environment (temperature, humidity, wind speed) with
  regular monitoring

6.       Employee Management

• Employees develop habits for effective use of resources (such as turning off the lights, exhaust
  fans, and air conditioning when vacating areas)
• Employees fully understand the extent of corporate environmental policy
• Provide training courses

7.       Government Policies

• Government is pushing hotel industry to adapt sustainable practices
• Government inspectors frequently check the sustainable practices of hotels
• Government provides incentives for implement green practices in hotel industry

Supply chain performance include:

1. Economic Performance

• Sustainable practices significantly increase Sales & Capital investments
• Sustainable practices significantly decrease Operating expenditures
• Sustainable practices significantly increase new market opportunities

  2. Competitiveness

• Sustainable practices significantly increase Efficiency
• Sustainable practices significantly increase Quality
• Sustainable practices significantly increase Customer satisfaction

Moreover, am  a sample project that has the same subject for your information also.

Attachment:- Sustainable practices of hotel supply chains Survey.xlsx