Green & Sustainable
Supply Chain
Management
What is Supply Chain
management?
Supply chain management (SCM) is the
oversight of materials, information, and
finances as they move in a process from
supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to
retailer to consumer.
Supply Chain Management
The product life cycle is the basis of
green supply chain management
The environmental impacts of each LC
stage are examined for reduction.
Environmental Life Cycle
Water Water
Inputs Energy Energy
Stage
Concept Design Raw Retail/
Material Transport Manufacture Transport Consumer Transport Disposal
Extraction Use
Air Air Air Air
Impacts Water Air Water Air Water Air Water
Waste Waste Waste Waste
What Is Green Supply Chain
Management
“Integrating environment thinking into
supply chain management, including
product design, material sourcing and
selection, manufacturing processes,
delivery of the final product to the
consumers, and end-of-life management
of the product after its useful life".
Benefits Of Green SCM
Improvements By Green SCM
Improves operations by employing an environmental solution
Improves Agility: Green supply chain management help
mitigate risks and speed innovations
Increases Adaptability: Green supply chain analysis often
leads to innovative processes and continuous improvements
Promotes Alignment: involves negotiating policies with
suppliers and customers, which results in better alignment of
business processes and principles.
Success stories
Pollution Prevention Hierarchy
Why there is need for Green SCM?
Increasing Environmental Constraints due to
Global Warming
Corporate Social Responsibility
Beneficial for Organization
Eco-friendly
Increasing Environmental awareness in
stakeholders
Evolving Consumer and Client Demand
Response to increasing fuel prices
Areas to Green the Supply Chain
Designing Of Products
Production
Material Purchase
Packaging
Warehousing
Logistics & Reverse Logistics
Designing Of Products
An eco friendly design approach leads
1] Less material usage
2] Minimum Operations
3] Proper use of Computational fluid dynamics
tools can used to reduce the exhaust emissions
at designing level
Purchase
Implementing Green purchasing policies
Technical support to vendors to reduce
the emissions
Guidelines for usage of less
hazardous materials
Production
Achieving Economies of scale in
production
Lean manufacturing approach
Fuel efficient tools and
machines
Selecting less carbon intensive energy
sources
Packaging
Mercury free
Non toxic (minimize toxicity)
PVC or DEHP free
Recyclability
Hazardous waste considerations
Durability/Reusability
Energy efficient
Logistics
Optimized Truck loads
Direct shipment to the
customer(Dell model)
Routing of distribution
Reverse Logistics
Summary
Other Initiatives
Eco labeling: Labeling that identifies
products that meet certain
environmental criteria
LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design): Design and
Construction practices that significantly
reduces or eliminate negative impact of
building on environment
Green sourcing: Sustainable
procurement
Intention to become “Carbon
Neutral”
Blackwell Publishing
Dell
DHL
TESCO
Travelocity
Marks and Spencer
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