Web-based Green Products Life Cycle Management Systems: Reverse Supply Chain Utilization

Thirty-nine international academics, researchers, government policy advisors, private sector project managers, and consultants contribute 18 chapters demonstrating a dynamic picture of what is occurring worldwide in green supply chain management in general, and in web-based improvements in particular. The papers are organized into four sections addressing the various issues and solutions of a green product through its life cycle. Coverage includes an overview of life cycle issues and concepts of green products, methodologies and practice of green market and demand, theoretical analyses and practical illustrations of the issues of green supply chain management, and discussion of Web-based platforms for information retrieval and environmental management of a green product along its life cycle. For researchers, practitioners, academicians, managers seeking the latest developments in environmental informatics, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)