Your tags:. Send-to-Kindle or Email Please login to your account first Need help? Please read our short guide how to send a book to Kindle. The file will be sent to your email address. It may take up to minutes before you receive it. The file will be sent to your Kindle account. Customer services—Management. Industrial procurement. S East Coast, saving both fuel and money Product design can also play a significant role in reducing transportation cost and emissions by reducing packaging and allowing greater density during transportation IKEA has always worked hard to design products that can be shipped flat to achieve high volume and weight density during transportation As a result, the company not only lowers its transportation costs, but it also reduces emissions and energy use Sourcing For most firms, the greatest social and environmental impact occurs in the extended supply chain outside their own enterprise This impact has grown as firms have increased their global sourcing, especially from low-cost countries Thus, to truly have an impact on sustainability, powerful players must look at the extended supply chain and work with their suppliers to improve performance As we have mentioned earlier, the C.
E program at Starbucks encourages suppliers to improve their environmental and social responsibility scores by providing a price premium Walmart and IKEA have also set aggressive targets for their suppliers to improve overall supply chain sustainability Failure to work with suppliers on sustainability should also be viewed as a potential source of risk that can cause considerable damage to the reputation and sales of a firm The presence of lead paint in some of its most popular toys, for instance, forced Mattel to recall hundreds of thousands of toys sold between April and July S tire retreaders was limited by the availability of used tire casings The example of tires raises two important questions that arise in every industry: Why we not see more instances of remanufacturing?
What can be done to increase the return of used product like tire casings? Understand the importance of sustainability in a supply chain.
Discuss the challenge to sustainability posed by the tragedy of the commons. Many actions that improve sustainability of a supply chain impose costs that are local to an individual, a firm, supply chain, or country but provide common benefits that are more global In contrast, a disregard for sustainability provides benefits that are local but costs that are shared globally As a result, encouraging sustainability without some external pressure, in the form of either a public mandate or an economic incentive, can be difficult 3.
Describe key dimensions of sustainability for a supply chain. Supply chain sustainability can be evaluated in terms of social, environmental, and economic impacts The social pillar includes the impact on the workforce, customers, and society The environmental pillar includes resource reduction, emission reduction, and environmental product innovation 4. Understand the role of incentives for successful sustainability efforts. The tragedy of the commons makes it difficult to improve sustainability efforts by firms and individuals without some external pressure To decrease resource consumption and increase recycling and remanufacturing, a suitable approach is to tax the producer to encourage resource reduction and reward the recycler to increase the percentage recycled A price on emissions is the most costeffective way of reducing emissions Emissions can be priced through either a carbon tax or a hybrid cap-and-trade mechanism Discussion Questions What are some benefits to improved sustainability of a supply chain?
What are some challenges that limit the effort put in by supply chains to improve sustainability? The Sixth Edition weaves in compelling case study examples, providing students with clear insight into how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage. Using a strategic framework, students are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. By the end of the course, students will walk away with a deep understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers to pull in order to improve supply chain performance.
He has served as the interim dean and senior associate dean for curriculum and teaching, and the codirector of the MMM program, a joint dual-degree program between the Kellogg School of Management and the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. He has authored more than 40 papers and two books.
His recent research has focused on understanding supply chain risk and devising effective risk mitigation strategies. He has also consulted for several firms in the area of supply chain and operations management.
Previously, he was a research officer with Barclays Global Investors, a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and Mercer Management Consulting, and the director of strategy with i2 Technologies.
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