文档介绍：Environmental supply chain management: using lifecycle assessment to structure supply chainsGeoffrey . Hagelaar*, Jack . van der Vorst1Management Studies Group, Department of Management Research, Wageningen University,Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, herlandsAbstractIn recent years increasing attention has been given to environmental supply chain management$ESCM). One of the supporting instruments of ESCM is life cycle assessment $LCA). The idea ofintegrating LCA into supply chains is gaining more support among research institutes , we conclude that there are no guidelines for this integration. In this paper we argue that in-line with a differentiation between environmental care chain strategies and environmental chainperformances, a differentiation between types of LCAs should be made; ., pliance-,process- and market-oriented LCAs. To execute these different types of LCAs, the chain structureshould be attuned to meet the speci?c requirements of these types. By discussing case studies, weshow that the integration of the different types of LCAs in a chain bring about different chainstructures.#2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights . IntroductionOne of the most signi?cant paradigm shifts of modern business management is thatindividual businesses no pete as solely autonomous entities, but rather as supplychains $Christopher, 1998). Strictly speaking, the supply chain is not a chain of businesseswith one-to-one, business-to-business relationships, but work of multiple businesses andrelationships. Executives are ing aware that the essful co-ordination, integrationand management of key business processes across members of the supply chain willdetermine the ultimate ess of the single enterprise $van der Vorst, 2000). The need forInternational Food and AgribusinessManagement Review 4 $2002) 399–4121096-7508/02/$ – see front matter#2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights : S1096-7508$02)00068-X*Corresponding author. Tel.:?31