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Chapter 5
Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development
The planning, implementation, and management of the flow of goods, services, and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption. It involves coordination, transportation, warehousing, and distribution.
Published in Chapter:
Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development: The Philosophy, Logistics, and Climate Change Education
Ebua Jarvis Ebua (University of Bamenda, Cameroon)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 33
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9099-0.ch005
Abstract
This chapter examines the ethical dimensions of sustainable development within the context of climate change education. It explores the intersection of philosophy, logistics, and climate change education. The chapter sheds light on ethical implications and considerations arising in pursuing sustainable development. It seeks to provide valuable insights for climate change analysts, policymakers, curriculum and instructional designers, faculty, administrators, teacher educators, and other stakeholders interested in averting the impact of climate change and fostering sustainable development.
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Chapter 6
Demystifying the Technology Adoption by the Asian Cargo Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis and Future Directions
Logistics refers to the detailed coordination and implementation of complex operations involved in the movement, storage, and processing of goods and materials. It encompasses the planning, execution, and control of procedures for the efficient and effective transportation and storage of goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption. The aim of logistics is to meet customer requirements in a timely, cost-effective manner, thereby playing a critical role in supply chain management.
Published in Chapter: Demystifying the Technology Adoption by the Asian Cargo Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis and Future Directions; From: Global Cargo Industry: Resilience of Asia-Pacific Shipping Industries
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Chapter 10
An Integrated Impact of Blockchain Technology on Suppy Chain Management and the Logistics Industry
Logistics is the whole process of managing resource acquisition, storage and transportation to the final destination.
Published in Chapter: An Integrated Impact of Blockchain Technology on Suppy Chain Management and the Logistics Industry; From: Handbook of Research on Social Impacts of E-Payment and Blockchain Technology
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Chapter 7
Reverse Logistics: Automobile Recalls and Other Conditions
Includes the integrated planning, control, realization, and monitoring of all internal and network-wide material, part, and product flow, including the necessary information flow.
Published in Chapter: Reverse Logistics: Automobile Recalls and Other Conditions; From: Handbook of Research on Waste Management Techniques for Sustainability
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Chapter 213
Supply Chain Integration, Collaboration, and Coordination
A broad range of activities and has many vague descriptions, for example service, business, inventory, functional management, etc.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Integration, Collaboration, and Coordination; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 10
Internationalization of Retailing: The Case of Turkish Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery Retailer Getir
All activities undertaken for the efficient and effective movement and storage of goods, services and related information, from origin to destination, to meet customer demand.
Published in Chapter: Internationalization of Retailing: The Case of Turkish Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery Retailer Getir; From: Origin and Branding in International Market Entry Processes
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Chapter 6
The Concept of Logistics Performance in International Trade Framework: An Empirical Evaluation of Logistics Performance Index
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Chapter 1
The Role of Electronic Supply Chains and ERP Systems in the Realm of E-Commerce
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Electronic Supply Chains and ERP Systems in the Realm of E-Commerce; From: Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply Chains
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Chapter 6
Investigating the Viability of Implementing Electric Freight Vehicles in Morocco: Using an Integrated SWOT PESTEL Analysis in Combination With Analytic Hierarchy Process
Logistics is one of the most vital functions of the economy and is a service activity which aims to manage the flow of materials by making available and managing resources corresponding to needs, to economic conditions and for a determined quality of service, under satisfactory safety and security conditions.
Published in Chapter: Investigating the Viability of Implementing Electric Freight Vehicles in Morocco: Using an Integrated SWOT PESTEL Analysis in Combination With Analytic Hierarchy Process; From: Optimization and Decision-Making in the Renewable Energy Industry
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Chapter 74
E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Published in Chapter: E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 5
Green Marketing: A Conceptual Framework and Suggestions for Industrial Services Marketing
The creation, management and control of physical, financial and information connections between nodes and links that goods or services travel from raw material stage to the final consumption stage or right backwards.
Published in Chapter: Green Marketing: A Conceptual Framework and Suggestions for Industrial Services Marketing; From: Handbook of Research on Developing Sustainable Value in Economics, Finance, and Marketing
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Chapter 1
Numbers Can Restrict Results?: Qualitative Research Methods as Information and Knowledge Management Support in Supply Chain and Logistics Sectors
Set of activities related to top-level management decisions regarding strategic planning of supply chain issues, defining its strategic effective positioning.
Published in Chapter: Numbers Can Restrict Results?: Qualitative Research Methods as Information and Knowledge Management Support in Supply Chain and Logistics Sectors; From: Handbook of Research on Information Management for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains
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Chapter 6
Supply Chain Logistics Risk Mitigation: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The process of acquiring, storing, and transporting materials to their ultimate destination.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Logistics Risk Mitigation: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis
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Chapter 2
Impact, Reaction, and Learning From Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis: Cases From Small-Scale Businesses in Bangladesh
A subset of the supply chain responsible for planning and executing transportation and storage of goods from one point to another.
Published in Chapter: Impact, Reaction, and Learning From Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis: Cases From Small-Scale Businesses in Bangladesh; From: Cases on Small Business Economics and Development During Economic Crises
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Chapter 8
Customer Experience in the E-Commerce Market Through the Virtual World of Metaverse
It manages the flow of commodities between the place of origin and the place of consumption with effective transportation and storage.
Published in Chapter: Customer Experience in the E-Commerce Market Through the Virtual World of Metaverse; From: Handbook of Research on Consumer Behavioral Analytics in Metaverse and the Adoption of a Virtual World
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Chapter 207
Supply Chain Integration in Construction Industry
According to the Council of Logistics Management, logistics is “...the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.”
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Integration in Construction Industry; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 1
History of International Collaboration on the Exploration and Development of the Arctic
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Chapter 14
Trimming Safety Stock: Empirically, Realizing Working Capital Gains
It deals with managing and controlling the flow of goods from the source of the production to the marketplace.
Published in Chapter: Trimming Safety Stock: Empirically, Realizing Working Capital Gains; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry
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Chapter 13
Supply Chain Relationships: From Conflict to Collaboration
The planning and managing of all activities related to the storage and movement of physical goods between origin and consumption.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Relationships: From Conflict to Collaboration; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 5
Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Port Logistics in the Era of Globalization and Digitization
Moving goods along the value chain implies two flows: goods and information. A logistic approach to the value chain involves an optimisation process, deciding on how to make production – i.e., a protocol of information exchange and physical transport.
Published in Chapter: Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Port Logistics in the Era of Globalization and Digitization; From: Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Consumption Patterns and Consumer Behavior
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Chapter 10
An Overview of Fruits and Vegetables' Retail Supply Chain Models in India
Logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers.
Published in Chapter: An Overview of Fruits and Vegetables' Retail Supply Chain Models in India; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry
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Chapter 464
E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Published in Chapter: E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 11
Optimal Strategy Selection in a Supply Chain
It is the general management of how resources are acquired, stored and transported to their final destination.
Published in Chapter: Optimal Strategy Selection in a Supply Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Applied Optimization Methodologies in Manufacturing Systems
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Chapter 471
Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry
This is the routing network for transportation of FFB in the estates. Logistics is the management of the flow of FFB between the estate and the mill in order to meet.
Published in Chapter: Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 3
Fostering Supply Chain Management in Global Business
The planning, execution, and control of the procurement, movement, and stationing of personnel, material, and other resources to achieve the objectives of a campaign, plan, project, or strategy.
Published in Chapter: Fostering Supply Chain Management in Global Business; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 2
Different Approaches for Studying Interruptible Industrial Processes: Application of Two Different Simulation Techniques
Ensemble of the activities which govern the flow of material and of information to these associated.
Published in Chapter: Different Approaches for Studying Interruptible Industrial Processes: Application of Two Different Simulation Techniques; From: Handbook of Research on Computational Simulation and Modeling in Engineering
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Chapter 12
Factors Inhibiting Green Supply Chain Management Initiatives in a South African Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The movement and management of goods and services. It includes transportation, warehousing, and inventory management.
Published in Chapter: Factors Inhibiting Green Supply Chain Management Initiatives in a South African Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; From: Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 3
The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Comparison of Turkey and Croatia
Planning, execution, and control of the procurement, movement, and stationing of personnel, material, and other resources to achieve the objectives of a campaign, plan, project, or strategy.
Published in Chapter: The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Comparison of Turkey and Croatia; From: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civilian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 81
Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry
This is the routing network for transportation of FFB in the estates. Logistics is the management of the flow of FFB between the estate and the mill in order to meet.
Published in Chapter: Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 36
Supplier Selection in Food Industry Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method
Logistics management council defines logistics as part of the supply chain operation that plans, implements and controls the flow of relevant information and storage of good services efficiently between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the needs of customers.
Published in Chapter: Supplier Selection in Food Industry Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method; From: Handbook of Research on Institutional, Economic, and Social Impacts of Globalization and Liberalization
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Chapter 23
A Digital Transformation in International Transport and Logistics: Blockchain
It is the service of planning, implementing and supervising all kinds of products, services and information flow from the exit point to the destination in an efficient and productive way to meet the needs of the people. The productivity in logistics service depends on the right product reaching the right customer at the right amount, in the right conditions, at the right place, at the right time, at the right cost.
Published in Chapter: A Digital Transformation in International Transport and Logistics: Blockchain; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 6
The Russia-Ukraine War: Derailment in the Belt and Road Initiative
Logistics describes the process of moving goods from one location to another and storing them. It is essential to the function of business as the complex supply chain requires a proper management of logistics.
Published in Chapter: The Russia-Ukraine War: Derailment in the Belt and Road Initiative; From: The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Consequences on the Geopolitics of the World
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Chapter 4
Landlocked Horizons to Coastal Challenges: Navigating Resilience in Nepal and India's Shipping Sectors
The detailed organization and implementation of complex operations, such as the movement of goods, within a shipping and trade context.
Published in Chapter: Landlocked Horizons to Coastal Challenges: Navigating Resilience in Nepal and India's Shipping Sectors; From: Global Cargo Industry: Resilience of Asia-Pacific Shipping Industries
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Chapter 6
Blockchain for Agri-Food Supply Chain and Logistics Management
The process of planning and executing the efficient transportation and storage of goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain for Agri-Food Supply Chain and Logistics Management; From: Blockchain Technologies and Applications for Digital Governance
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Chapter 11
QR Multilevel Codes to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks in the Logistics of Freight Transport in Ports
Logistics are all the activities that allow raw material to become merchandise, leave its point of production, and reach the consumer. These logistics activities consist of planning flows, as well as control, storage, transport, and distribution of the product at strategic points.
Published in Chapter: QR Multilevel Codes to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks in the Logistics of Freight Transport in Ports; From: Cybersecurity Measures for Logistics Industry Framework
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Chapter 15
The Impact of Strategic Orientation and Reverse Logistics Capabilities on Organizational Performance
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Chapter 607
Concepts of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and Their Applications to Port Logistics
Is the management of the flow of resources between origin and destination, satisfying requirements of production, handling, packaging, inventory, transportation, etc.
Published in Chapter: Concepts of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and Their Applications to Port Logistics; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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