Operations Management and Sustainability (EPS222)

Course Load/Credits: 120 hours / 8.0 credits

Content:
Sustainability: basic concepts and drivers;
Sustainability indicators;
Basic concepts of Life Cycle Assessment;
Development and management of sustainable products;
Sustainability in process management;
Reverse logistics: basic concepts and planning;
Principles of Circular Economy;
Sustainable supply chain management.

Bibliography:

  1. OLIVEIRA, J.A.; LOPES SILVA, D.A.; PUGLIERI, F.N.; SAAVEDRA, Y.M.B. Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products. 1st ed. Springer International Publishing, 2021.

  2. BLUMBERG, D.F. Introduction to Management of Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Processes. CRC Press, 2005.

  3. MACHADO, C.; DAVIM, J.P. Circular Economy and Engineering – A New Ecologically Efficient Model. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2020.