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- 2008 SER Supply Chains Conference podcasts now available.
- 2008 SER Supply Chains Conference agenda and presentations now available in Past Events section. (password-protected)
- Hau Lee: Benefits of Social Responsibility
Businesses can make money while operating in socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. It just takes what Stanford business school supply chain expert Hau Lee calls the Triple-A approach—having agility, adaptability, and alignment. - Personal Touch Keeps Supply Chains Pure
Many organizations’ reputations depend on their supply chains, suppliers firms that may be from other parts of the world or around the block. Keeping a personal touch with those suppliers may be vital. - Gap Urges Global Manufacturing Standards
Gap, the clothing giant, monitors 2,000 garment factories in 50 countries and conducts about 4,000 inspections annually. But today there is no single set of global standards, the firm’s vice president for social responsibility told a supply chain conference.
Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Advancing the theory and practice of excellence in global supply chain management
The Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum is a leading research institute in partnership with industry and the School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business at Stanford University that advances the theory and practice of excellence in global supply chain management. Working with approximately 30 industrial organizations, the Forum is actively engaged with a broad cross-section of leading and emerging industries to identify, document, research, develop, and disseminate best practices in a dynamic and increasingly global economic business environment.
A Forum for Supply Chain Innovation:
2008 SER Supply Chains Conference a success ![[photo - ser conference thumbnail]](images/ser-thumbnail_000_002.gif)
On April 22, the Forum and the Center for Social Innovation hosted over 250 corporate, nonprofit and government supply chain professionals at our second annual SER Supply Chains conference. Details
Forum members can now access conference agenda and presentations here.
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Boosting Profits through Social Responsibility
In this podcast, presented as part of his closing keynote at the SER Supply chains conference, Hau Lee discusses examples of companies that have Triple A SER practices and have enjoyed stronger business performance as result. Podcasts from the other keynotes and panels are available here.
- Hau Lee discusses Triple A Supply Chains as part of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Last Lecture Series.
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Video FileEli Harari Video (48:37, requires Real Player) - The Forum launched the Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain (SER) Program. This initiative is focused on the social and environmental dimensions of supply chains. Click here to learn more.
- "Supply Chain "Trainblazers" Can Reap Rewards" - Forum published an article that reviews the SER practices of 20 successful supply chains in BSR Weekly
- "A Closer Look at Business Education: Supply Chain Management" - Forum and faculty highlighted in this newly published white paper from the Aspen Institute.
Related white paper: A Closer Look at Applied Sustainability Centers
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- Professor Jin Whang's paper on Operational Analytics is now available in the password-protected section of our website. Access to this paper is limited to Forum members and registered attendees of the Feb 2008 conference: Unleashing the Business Value of Data Driven Supply Chains.
- Hau Lee was a keynote speaker at IESE (University of Navarra), addressing evolution of the value chain and solutions to operational problems.View from the Top SanDisk Video FileEli Harari Video (8:33, requires Windows Media Player)
Related Article: Supply-Chain Guru Brings Expertise to IESE Barcelona - Unleashing the Business Value of Data Driven Supply Chains
Conference agenda, abstracts and presentations are now available.
- This new ground-breaking Forum study, conducted jointly with GXS, explores the business and technical benefits of global business-to-business e-commerce outsourcing.
- Forum Co-Director Hau Lee won the 2007 Stanford MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, which is presented by MBA students to a faculty member who inspires, as well as educates, students.
Related article: Distinguished Teacher Award Gets BullwhippedPDF FilePDF (286 KB) - Wal-Mart's
Earth-Friendly Policies Must Also Be People-Friendly
For HP, Environmental Responsibility Is a Competitive Imperative - New Member: Manheim joins the Forum
- Industrializing Product Innovation Conference presentations and agenda are now available for members only
- Hau Lee & Chung-Yee Lee publish book Building Supply Chain
Excellence in Emerging Economies. (Details)
(May be ordered from: Amazon.com) - Forum study shows supply chain security initiatives can improve business performance (study has been cited in Forbes, WSJ, Industry Week, and Singapore Business News).
- Hau Lee media mention in Economist Magazine that links corporate
performance to supply chain excellence
To request a copy of the full article email: hutchinson_vanessa@gsb.stanford.edu
