Circular Economy Supply Chains
From Chains to Systems
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A circular economy perspective embraces a notion that we design everything to be reused for as long as possible, and then recaptured and repurposed when reuse is no longer possible. Designing for a circular economy ecosystem requires a more holistic, integrative viewpoint, spanning all aspects of design and development and considering many supply chain actors, far beyond that of traditional supply chains.
Circular Economy Supply Chains highlights the need for cross-industry flows and the need for different actors (beyond producers and consumers) in circular value cycles. While biomimicry provides the structure for organizing the book, individual chapters build on other theoretical lenses and concepts, such as stakeholder theory. This book intends to move beyond a buyer-supplier view, embracing a holistic network or ecosystem view, to consider a cross-industry system perspective, where there is a diversity of actors needed for a working ecosystem.
This edited book offers a comprehensive overview of system components and actors, including how the circular economy adds value, the role of producers and consumers, the spectrum of recovery possibilities to return products back to the consumption supply chain, and the essential role of information management.
1: Introduction to Circular Economy Requirements: From Supply Chains to Value Systems
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Circular Economy Supply Chains: From Supply Chains to Value Systems; Lydia Bals, Wendy L. Tate and Lisa M. Ellram
- Chapter 2. Industrial Symbiosis: Novel Supply Networks for the Circular Economy; Weslynne S. Ashton,Marian R. Chertow, and Shahana Althaf
- Chapter 3. No Rest for the Complex: Information Flows, Adaptation, and Emergence in Circular Supply Systems; Elizabeth Miller
- 2: The Role of Production (Actor: Producers)
- Chapter 4. Shaping the Transition from Linear to Circular Supply Chains; Jennifer Rogan, Frank Fürstenberg, and Andreas Wieland
- Chapter 5. Circular Business Models: A Network Approach to Promote Circularity and Value Co-Creation from the Producer's Perspective; Katharina Spraul and Stephanie Stumpf
- 3: The Role and Types of (Reverse) Logistics (Actors: Scavengers And Decomposers)
- Chapter 6. The Effects of Recycling Locations on Closed-Loop Supply Chain Performance; Petchprakai Sirilertsuwan
- Chapter 7. Stakeholder Theory and Supply Chains in the Circular Economy; Muhammad Umair Shah,James H. Bookbinder
- 4: The Role and Types of Business and Retail Consumers (Actor: Consumers)
- Chapter 8. From End-of-the-Road to Critical Node: The Role of End-User "Consumers" in Shaping Circular Supply Chain Management; Ben Hazen, Ilenia Confente, Dan Pellathy, and Ivan Russo
- Chapter 9. Secondary Markets: Enabling The Circular Economy; Dale S. Rogers, Haozhe Chen, and Zachary S. Rogers
- 5: The Role of Information and Financial Flows (Main Actor: Decomposers)
- Chapter 10. Blockchain Technology and the Circular Economy: An Exploration; Mahtab Kouhizadeh, Qingyun Zhu, Lojain Alkhuzaim, and Joseph Sarkis
- Chapter 11. Towards Sustainability: A Review of Analytical Models for Circular Supply Chains; Ali Ülkü, Dawne M. Skinner, and Gonca Yıldırım
- 6: The Role of the Business Context (Policy Makers, Ngos, Etc.)
- Chapter 12. Determinants of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development of European Countries; Tihana Škrinjarić
- Chapter 13. Waste Not, Want Not: The Regulatory Barriers of Upcycling Frass; Carla K. Smink and Rikke D. Huulgaard
- 7: Lessons Learned in the Move to a Circular Economy
- Chapter 14. Learning to Implement the Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: A Multi-Level Perspective; Joe Miemczyk, Valentina Carbone, and Mickey Howard
- Chapter 15. Blanc de Gris, an Urban Mushroom Farm: Lessons from the Emergence of a Circular Business Model; Laura-yi Lévesque,Emmanuel Raufflet, and Linda Rouleau
- Chapter 16. Circular Tourism: A Destination Approach; Mette Alberg Mosgaard, Søren Kerndrup, and Martin Lehmann
- Chapter 17. Circular Public Procurement: A Case Study of Workwear and Laundry Services; Rikke Dorothea Huulgaard, Heidi Simone Kristensen, Arne Remmen, and Carla Kornelia Smink
- Chapter 18. Examples of Innovative Circular Economy Business Models (CBMs) from the Clothing and Textile Industry; Ida Rovanto and Anu Bask
- Chapter 19. Osklen Case Study: The Hurdles of Sustainable and Circular Fashion in Brazil; Leonardo Marques
This valuable research book was partially funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the German Research Foundation. So it is no surprise that we are treated to the musings of some of the brightest minds at German universities. But there are also plenty of other contributors from Aalborg to Zagreb. Indeed, just about anyone senior who has ever written about supply chains is in here somewhere.
Lydia Bals, is Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Mainz University of Applied Sciences, an external Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at EBS Universität and is affiliated with Copenhagen Business School.
Wendy L. Tate, is the Taylor Professor of Business and the Ray and Joan Myatt Faculty Research Fellow at the Haslam College of Business, Department of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Lisa M. Ellram, is University Distinguished Professor and the Rees Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH.