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Sustainable operations management and benchmarking in brewing: A factor weighting approach

Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management

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Title Sustainable operations management and benchmarking in brewing: A factor weighting approach
 
Creator Bumblauskas, Daniel P.; University of Northern Iowa
 
Subject Sustainability; operations; brewing; benchmarking; conservation
 
Description The brewing industry has been moving towards more efficient use of energy, water reuse and stewardship, and the tracking of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to better manage environmental and social responsibility. Commercial breweries use a great deal of water and energy to convert one gallon (liter) of water into one gallon (liter) of beer. An analysis was conducted on sustainable operations and supply chain management at various United States and international breweries, specifically Europe, to benchmark brewery performance and establish common metrics for sustainability in the beer supply chain. The primary research questions explored in this article are whether water reclamation and GHG emissions can be properly monitored and measured and if processes can be created to help control waste (lean) and emissions. Additional questions include how we can use operations management strategies and techniques such as the Factor-Weighted Method (FWM) in industries such as brewing to develop sustainability scorecards.
 
Publisher FGV EAESP
 
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Date 2017-06-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/64220
10.12660/joscmv10n1p55-67
 
Source Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 10, No 1 (2017): January - June; 55-67
Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 10, No 1 (2017): January - June; 55-67
1984-3046
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/64220/pdf_4
 
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