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Unit 6: Life Cycle Analysis and Supply Chain Management |
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This unit examines the concept of Life Cycle Analysis, which was introduced in an earlier unit. You'll learn about the technique of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the ISO 14040 framework. You'll be introduced to production and supply chain management topics such as extended producer responsibility (EPR), Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP), DfE, green chemistry, biomimicry, and industrial ecology.?You'll also be exposed to general issues related to packaging, disposal, and waste.
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Nancy Artz, Professor of Business Administration, University of Southern Maine. Nancy teaches online courses in triple-bottom-line business and consumer behavior at the undergraduate and MBA levels. She is active in USM's efforts to reduce its carbon emissions, audit its sustainability performance, and train faculty in sustainability teaching. Her research often examines social marketing and the environment, including a study with the Maine DEP on using the internet to foster sustainable behavior in employees and consumers (Journal of Marketing Communication, 2007 and Competition Forum, 2005). Other scholarship includes her book, 301 Great Customer Service Ideas, NIST-funded research on quality awards, and articles in Greening of the Campus, Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Annual Review of Psychology, and Marketing Letters. Before earning her doctorate in Marketing from Northwestern University in 1989, she was a marketing research consultant.
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$100
(4 contact hours/ 0.4 CEUs)
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