The course encompasses the fundamental approaches to operations and supply chain management (OSCM) based on a sustainability agenda, encompassed in the UN sustainability goals. The course gives a broad overview of the fundamental concerns of OSCM, unfolding the complexity of designing and managing complex operations within global supply chains. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Appraise reasons for sustainable operations and supply chain management (OSCM), including the connection to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Identify and compare design principles for sustainable product design
• Define key concepts for sustainable production and operations management
• Apply principles of lean management in the context of sustainability
• Debate how services and servitization enable sustainability in manufacturing contexts
• Describe core concepts of supply chain dynamics in the context of sustainability
• Evaluate different approaches to sustainable procurement and supplier management
• Assess core concepts of sustainable logistics management
• Debate challenges and benefits of reverse supply chains in practice

The course covers different aspects of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) in light of sustainability goals. The course consists of the following three parts (not equal):
1. Product design for sustainability
2. Sustainable production and operations management
3. Sustainable supply chain management Belvedere, V. + Grando, A. (2017) Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management, Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Additional reading material, such as excerpts from other books/textbooks or academic research papers will be provided during the course 08. juni, 2021