Introducing Risk Considerations into the Supply Chain Network Design

Supply chains (SC) aim to provide products to the final customer at a certain service level. However, unforeseen events occur that impede supply chain objectives. SC Risk has been studied in the literature, providing frameworks and methodologies to manage SC failures. Nevertheless, more efforts are needed to prevent hazardous and disruptive risks and their consequences. These risks must be considered during the process of designing a supply chain. Somemethodological contributions concerning risk in the supply chain network design (SCND) are conceptual frameworks formitigating SC disruptions, which suggest strategies andmeasures for designing robust and resilient SCs. Although such contributions are valuable, they do not indicate how to cope with risk when designing a SC. The main objective of this research is to describe amethodology aimed at including risk considerations into the SCND. Our proposal aims to be, on the one hand, a comprehensive approach that includes a risk identification and assessment procedure in each of the stages of the SCND process and, on the other hand, a tool for decision-making in SC design or redesign processes when SC risks need to be considered. The methodology proposed is an extension of a SCND methodology including risk considerations in order to improve the performance of the supply chains. A case study illustrates how the proposed methodological works, achieving the identification of SC risks already observed in previous works.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

An approximation to the Remanufactured Electrical and Electronic Equipment Consumer

Remanufacturing of electrical and electronic products can be considered as an excellent business opportunity from an economic point of view. The success factor in these remanufacturing activities is the recovery process of the economic value of the end-of-use products in order to achieve energy savings, lower manufacturing costs and less dependency on raw materials. This way, our research aims to study the demand of Remanufactured Electrical and Electronic Equipment (REEE). In particular, the consumer profile of this kind of products is analyzed in this paper, in order to describe what variables can determine his/her purchasing intention. This is a work in progress so the results of this paper provide a very first approach to the profile of the REEE consumer by using a descriptive analysis of the main variables, which can become an important support for future research

Introducing Risk Considerations into the Supply Chain Network Design

Supply chains (SC) aim to provide products to the final customer at a certain service level. However, unforeseen events occur that impede supply chain objectives. SC Risk has been studied in the literature, providing frameworks and methodologies to manage SC failures. Nevertheless, more efforts are needed to prevent hazardous and disruptive risks and their consequences. These risks must be considered during the process of designing a supply chain. Somemethodological contributions concerning risk in the supply chain network design (SCND) are conceptual frameworks formitigating SC disruptions, which suggest strategies andmeasures for designing robust and resilient SCs. Although such contributions are valuable, they do not indicate how to cope with risk when designing a SC. The main objective of this research is to describe amethodology aimed at including risk considerations into the SCND. Our proposal aims to be, on the one hand, a comprehensive approach that includes a risk identification and assessment procedure in each of the stages of the SCND process and, on the other hand, a tool for decision-making in SC design or redesign processes when SC risks need to be considered. The methodology proposed is an extension of a SCND methodology including risk considerations in order to improve the performance of the supply chains. A case study illustrates how the proposed methodological works, achieving the identification of SC risks already observed in previous works.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Píldoras emprendedoras. 15 casos para fomentar el espíritu emprendedor entre los universitarios

Este libro tiene como finalidad general fomentar la cultura emprendedora entre los universitarios, de forma que perciban la creación de una empresa propia como una salida profesional adecuada tras finalizar sus estudios Se trata de sensibilizar al lector y suscitar su interés por el emprendimiento. Esta sensibilización debe trabajar en dos direcciones: a) Construir una imagen positiva del emprendedor b) Eliminar la percepción de dificultad en el proceso de emprendimiento entre los jóvenes. Las “píldoras emprendedoras” las definimos como medicamentos que estimulan la hormona del emprendimiento en el paciente (el estudiante) y consisten en breves casos de estudio en los que jóvenes emprendedores extremeños cuentan quiénes son, cuál es su proyecto, por qué y cómo decidieron emprender y, de esta forma, acaben dando un consejo a los futuros emprendedores. Para los estudiantes, estas “píldoras emprendedoras” sirven para conocer la experiencia de jóvenes emprendedores con características similares a ellos y surgidos en su mismo contexto.This book has as general purpose promote an entrepreneurial culture among university students, in a way that they perceive the creation of your own business as a professional output appropriate after completing their studies Aims to raise awareness and generate reader interest in entrepreneurship. This awareness should work in two directions: a) build a positive image of the entrepreneur b) eliminate the perception of difficulty in the process of entrepreneurship among young people. The "enterprising pills" defined as the medications that stimulate the hormone of the entrepreneurship for the patient (the student) and consist of brief cases in the study of that young entrepreneurs from Extremadura have who they are, what is your project, why and how they have decided to embark and, in this way, you will end up giving a council to prospective entrepreneurs. For students, these "enterprising pills" serve to learn from the experience of young entrepreneurs with similar characteristics to them and which have emerged in the same context

An analysis of the research on environmental accounting in Spain

In this work we made an analysis of papers on environmental accounting published in the main Spanish management journals, during period 1993-2003. We analyzed the present situation and the evolution of the investigation in this line during the indicated period, as well as the role played by the different journals in the knowledge development. The last goal of this work is that the researchers in this topic have a compilation of existing literature, to thus be able to initiate its research work and to contribute new knowledge to the field of the environmental accounting. In addition, this work will identify the main journals that the researchers of this topic can use at the time of disclosing the results of their investigations.Environmental Accounting; Management Journals; State of the research; Spain

Píldoras emprendedoras. 15 casos para fomentar el espíritu emprendedor entre los universitarios

Este libro tiene como finalidad general fomentar la cultura emprendedora entre los universitarios, de forma que perciban la creación de una empresa propia como una salida profesional adecuada tras finalizar sus estudios Se trata de sensibilizar al lector y suscitar su interés por el emprendimiento. Esta sensibilización debe trabajar en dos direcciones: a) Construir una imagen positiva del emprendedor b) Eliminar la percepción de dificultad en el proceso de emprendimiento entre los jóvenes. Las “píldoras emprendedoras” las definimos como medicamentos que estimulan la hormona del emprendimiento en el paciente (el estudiante) y consisten en breves casos de estudio en los que jóvenes emprendedores extremeños cuentan quiénes son, cuál es su proyecto, por qué y cómo decidieron emprender y, de esta forma, acaben dando un consejo a los futuros emprendedores. Para los estudiantes, estas “píldoras emprendedoras” sirven para conocer la experiencia de jóvenes emprendedores con características similares a ellos y surgidos en su mismo contexto.This book has as general purpose promote an entrepreneurial culture among university students, in a way that they perceive the creation of your own business as a professional output appropriate after completing their studies Aims to raise awareness and generate reader interest in entrepreneurship. This awareness should work in two directions: a) build a positive image of the entrepreneur b) eliminate the perception of difficulty in the process of entrepreneurship among young people. The "enterprising pills" defined as the medications that stimulate the hormone of the entrepreneurship for the patient (the student) and consist of brief cases in the study of that young entrepreneurs from Extremadura have who they are, what is your project, why and how they have decided to embark and, in this way, you will end up giving a council to prospective entrepreneurs. For students, these "enterprising pills" serve to learn from the experience of young entrepreneurs with similar characteristics to them and which have emerged in the same context

An analysis of the research on environmental accounting in Spain

[ES] En este trabajo realizamos un análisis de los artículos sobre contabilidad medioambiental publicados en las principales revistas españolas de gestión, durante el periodo 1993-2003. De esta forma, analizamos la situación actual y la evolución de la investigación en esta línea durante el periodo señalado, así como el papel desempeñado por las distintas revistas en el desarrollo del conocimiento sobre esta materia.La finalidad última de este trabajo es que los investigadores en esta materia dispongan de una recopilación de la literatura existente a nivel nacional, para poder así iniciar su labor investigadora y aportar nuevos conocimientos al campo de la contabilidad medioambiental. Además, este trabajo identificará las principales revistas que los investigadores de esta línea pueden emplear a la hora de divulgar los resultados de sus investigaciones.[EN] In this work we made an analysis of papers on environmental accounting published in the main Spanish management journals, during period 1993-2003. We analyzed the present situation and the evolution of the investigation in this line during the indicated period, as well as the role played by the different journals in the knowledge development.The last goal of this work is that the researchers in this topic have a compilation of existing literature, to thus be able to initiate its research work and to contribute new knowledge to the field of the environmental accounting. In addition, this work will identify the main journals that the researchers of this topic can use at the time of disclosing the results of their investigations.Los autores agradecen el apoyo financiero de la Consejería de Infraestructuras y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Junta de Extremadura, a través del Proyecto 2PR04C006

El sistema de logística inversa en la empresa: Análisis y aplicaciones

Esta tesis analiza el problema planteado por los productos desechados por los consumidores (productos fuera de uso) y la forma en que la empresa puede gestionar la recuperación económica de éstos. Se estudiarán, de una forma integral, las distintas opciones de recuperación existentes a través del concepto de logística inversa

El sistema de logística inversa en la empresa: Análisis y aplicaciones

La Tesis analiza las posibilidades que presentan los productos desechados por los consumidores o productos fuera de uso. Para ello se emplea el concepto de logística inversa como función empresarial para gestionar eficientemente el flujo de retorno de productos fuera de uso desde el consumidor hasta el producto. El estudio se complementa con un ejercicio de simulación dinámica de un modelo de gestión de inventario en el que se considera la posibilidad de recuperar los productos fuera de uso y reintroducirlas en el sistema de operaciones de la empresa

El sistema de logística inversa en la empresa: Análisis y aplicaciones

La Tesis analiza las posibilidades que presentan los productos desechados por los consumidores o productos fuera de uso. Para ello se emplea el concepto de logística inversa como función empresarial para gestionar eficientemente el flujo de retorno de productos fuera de uso desde el consumidor hasta el producto. El estudio se complementa con un ejercicio de simulación dinámica de un modelo de gestión de inventario en el que se considera la posibilidad de recuperar los productos fuera de uso y reintroducirlas en el sistema de operaciones de la empresa