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- Green Supply Chains Are Good for Business
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Blue Coat Systems decided to turn its supply chain green.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Distribution, Inventory Management, Manufacturing Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 2.2.1.3 Develop product/service design specifications, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 1.2.2.6 Develop lean/continuous improvement strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 1.2.2 Evaluate strategic options to achieve the objectives, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.3 Create materials plan, 4.1.3.3 Identify critical materials and supplier capacity, 4.1.7.1 Review distribution network, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network- Relevance: 60%
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- Carbon Management - Five Case Studies
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A survey by the IBM Institute for Business Value Global Corporate Social Responsibility shows How five organizations made trade-offs to reduce carbon emissions.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 1.1.1.3 Identify political and regulatory issues, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.1 Assess the external environment, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.3 Create materials plan, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.1.5 Optimize transportation schedules and costs- Relevance: 60%
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- Carbon Management: The Key Questions to Ask
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Before developing an effective program to reduce carbon in the supply chain, organizations need to explore a number of questions to ensure the program will be successful.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 1.1.1.7 Identify ecological concerns, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.1 Assess the external environment, 4.1.3.2 Collaborate with supplier and contract manufacturers, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.3 Create materials plan, 4.1.7.1 Review distribution network, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.2.1.6 Seek opportunities to improve efficiency and value, 4.2 Procure materials and services, 4.2.1 Develop sourcing strategies, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing- Relevance: 60%
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- Five Steps for Mastering Carbon
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Organizations need to address carbon emissions in a number of ways—and fast.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 1.1.1.7 Identify ecological concerns, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.1 Assess the external environment, 4.1.6.3 Establish transportation management constraints, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.6 Establish distribution planning constraints, 4.1.7.1 Review distribution network, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.1.8 Assess distribution planning performance, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network, 4.5.1.5 Optimize transportation schedules and costs, 4.1.5.10 Calculate destination load plans, 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements- Relevance: 60%
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- Carbon Management – Balancing the Trade-Offs
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Supply chain professionals will have to manage a number of trade-offs to reduce carbon output.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.1.2 Define labor and materials policies, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.2.1.6 Seek opportunities to improve efficiency and value, 4.2 Procure materials and services, 4.2.1 Develop sourcing strategies, 4.5.4.1 Plan, transport, and deliver outbound product, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 59%
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- Creating a Green Supply Chain in a Global Economy
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In this APQC interview with Pamela Gordon, a business sustainability consultant, she discusses the factors that make up a green supply chain in the electronics industry.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Compliance, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental, New Product Development, Product Development, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Product Design, Logistics, External Relationships Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 4.1.5.6 Manage collaborative replenishment planning, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.3 Create materials plan, 4.1.4.3 Collaborate with suppliers, 4.1.4 Create and manage master production schedule, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.2 Procure materials and services, 4.3 Produce/Manufacture/Deliver product, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.5 Manage returns; manage reverse logistics- Relevance: 57%
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- Environmental Sustainability: Examining the Case for Environmentally-Sustainable Supply Chains
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This issue of CSCMP Explores… is brought to you courtesy of the partnership between APQC and CSCMP. This article focuses on environmental sustainability in a supply chain context.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Supply Chain Management Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services- Relevance: 53%
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- Use of Recyclable Materials for Components
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This metric finding from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking database illustrates the extent to which organizations have implemented the practice of using recyclable materials for components as well as the product ...
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Supply Chain Management Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 10.0 Manage Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)- Relevance: 42%
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- How Mature Is the Green Supply Chain?
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This survey report conducted by BearingPoint in cooperation with APQC examines the current initiatives companies are taking to create greener supply chains.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Supply Chain Management Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 10.0 Manage Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)- Relevance: 41%
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- A Look at Green Supply Chain within North American Business
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Based on a 2008 global survey on green supply chain maturity by BearingPoint in cooperation with APQC, this article discusses the primary drivers and actions behind environmental supply chain initiatives around the ...
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Supply Chain Management Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 10.0 Manage Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)- Relevance: 41%
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