Design for Sustainment: Challenges and Theoretical Issues in Product and Global Supply Chain Management

Design for Sustainment: Challenges and Theoretical Issues in Product and Global Supply Chain Management

Benedict M. Uzochukwu, Silvanus J. Udoka
ISBN13: 9781466602465|ISBN10: 1466602465|EISBN13: 9781466602472
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch015
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Uzochukwu, Benedict M., and Silvanus J. Udoka. "Design for Sustainment: Challenges and Theoretical Issues in Product and Global Supply Chain Management." Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management, edited by Ephrem Eyob and Edem G. Tetteh, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 236-257. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch015

APA

Uzochukwu, B. M. & Udoka, S. J. (2012). Design for Sustainment: Challenges and Theoretical Issues in Product and Global Supply Chain Management. In E. Eyob & E. Tetteh (Eds.), Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management (pp. 236-257). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch015

Chicago

Uzochukwu, Benedict M., and Silvanus J. Udoka. "Design for Sustainment: Challenges and Theoretical Issues in Product and Global Supply Chain Management." In Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management, edited by Ephrem Eyob and Edem G. Tetteh, 236-257. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch015

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to chronicle and analyze existing challenges and theoretical issues in the domain of product, system, and the emerging area of global supply chain sustainment. These challenges encompass the provision of reliable, efficient, cost-effective, and quality services by key players and major stakeholders in product and global supply chain. The authors argue that sustainment concept serves as a vehicle for elevating the rate of product and system utilization. This will have a tremendous impact at reducing the burden of product or system’s operational issues thereby allowing for the leveraging of the enormous potentials of sustainment. Both contemporary as well as classical journal papers and publications are included in this study to trace and describe the development, state of sustainment perspectives, available tools, and methodologies in product and global supply chain system sustainment.

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