Evertex Fabrinology Case Study

The supply chain management is considered as a management concept from past two decades as the customers are concerned about timely and safe delivery. The competitiveness has been increasing among the companies to deliver the products as quickly as possible to the customers all around the world. This has made the supply chain management as a vital tool for the management. This is also measured as a competitive parameter for the companies.

ASDA are also helping their suppliers to improve their environmental impact through their ‘ASDA Sustain & Save Exchange’, and they are building a world class supplier base that sets the standard in terms of sustainability. The ASDA Sustain & Save Exchange’ is an online tool supported by live events, which is free for suppliers. This tool gives suppliers ideas and information which enables them to share best practice and identify opportunities for increasing resource efficiency. Their suppliers have made improvements in new and more efficient cold stores, tapping transformers to reduce energy use, to new LED lighting projects. ASDA (2015).

Sustainable Supply Chain – working with and influencing suppliers to manage and reduce the environmental and social impacts of their operations and of the products and services they provide to Telstra.

being more sustainable and profitable are present at each stage of supply chain, including material

Transforming a supply chain into a sustainable network is not an easy thing to do. Amongst the existing obstacles that Johnson (2004) gives us is the considerable size of this network: all along the differents ranks of suppliers that constitute the upstream of the chain, it is very hard to track the original source of the material and to broadcast best practices all accross that path. Furthermore, the lack of legal framework for labor conditions and environment preservation in developing countries makes it the more difficult to enforce

The Johnson & Johnson company has a very distinct product portfolio, and this is why supply chain organization is one of the company’s greatest concerns. The company is traveling out to seek a lot of different methods on the reduction of its environmental bumps and working with responsible manufacturers and suppliers outside the company.

(1) The supply chain managers should address the sustainability issues and should look at the entire supply

The shift in consumer preference toward environmentally friendly products has influenced companies to adopt more “green” practices, which has in turn influenced how companies approach their supply chain strategy. Companies are increasingly examining their relationship with the environment, including how their suppliers and partners impact nature. However, most companies still focus on more traditional metrics like cost, delivery time, and quality, as environmental metrics are not quite as easily determined and engaging suppliers in sustainability can be an uphill battle. Analysis of the data collected yielded several noteworthy points. Environmental metrics are not one-size-fits-all and will vary based on factors such as industry and company size. Another observation is the difficulty in evaluating subtier suppliers compared to first tier suppliers. Suppliers also have different business requirements and will have their own unique metrics for sustainability related to the product they are providing. The authors have provided several suggestions to help counter these issues. They found that “effective communication, collaboration and commitment for improvement are the key factors to improve the SC environmental performance.” There are four key stages to the supplier performance measurement process: supplier selection, capability evaluation, definition/modification of KPIs, and

Abstract Consideration is given to the convergence of supply chains and sustainability. In doing so, the focus on environmental management and operations is moved from local optimization

This report focuses on the importance of supply chain sustainability (SCS) and the what are the benefits the sustainable supply chain can bring to the relevant stakeholders. The final section of the report illustrates how to developing and implementing a sustainable supply chain strategy in business environment. The examples of Starbucks and IKEA as the sustainable supply chain organizations are used to support the sustainable view in this report. There also are some other examples used in this report.

In recent years sustainable supply chain management is one of the most interesting issues among supply chain experts. The sustainable supply chain focuses on social, environmental and economic performance measures as main pillars of sustainability. Environmental aspects of the sustainable supply chain include input- oriented factors such as renewable energy sources, natural resources, water and energy consumption or water quality, while output- oriented factors concentrate on waste and pollution[1]. In New Zealand, natural environment provides various benefits such as high quality of life, tourism attraction and basis for the country’s large exports of agriculture. Water pollution and climate change are the main concerns of the country as

One area of focus for all businesses is to be green or more environmentally friendly. Global supply chains are no different. However, sometimes it is a strategy to just pollute and worry about the costs later. This has changed aspects of the global supply chain and the logistical portion of what is required. One issue is cost, and the effort to increase environmental sustainability has raised the cost of oil and gasoline. This has changed the strategy of man global supply chain managers. A way to combat this is to aim for a localized global supply chain. This means to move some of the processes away for the longer distance to maybe closer emerging markets. Here in the United States, we have Latin America which would be a big difference from China or other Asian countries.

Green supply refers to the way in which innovations in supply chain management and industrial purchasing may be considered in the context of the environment. Environmental supply chain management consists of the purchasing function’s involvement in activities that include reduction, recycling, reuse and the substitution of materials. The practice of monitoring and improving environmental performance in the supply chain, integrating environmental thinking into a supply chain Management- including product design, material resourcing and selection, manufacturing processes, delivery of the final product to the consumer as well as end-of-life management of the product after its useful life.

Dukovska-Popovska I., Bertoni M., Hvolby H, Turner P. and Steger-Jensen K. (2011) “Sustainable Supply Chain Management”, Information Resource Management Association (ed.), Green technologies; concepts, methodologies, tools and applications, Information Science Reference, Portland, pp. 136-152

In comparison, GSCM is green, integrated and ecologically optimized and takes into consideration the human toxicological effects as well. Companies considered ecological requirements as the most important criteria for products and production, to ensure economic profitability and sustainability. Here are the five characteristics of traditional and green supply chain management. The first characteristic is objective and values, Traditional SCM is economic but in Green SCM still have economic but will add-on ecological. Then ecological optimization in Traditional SCM is integrated approach high but Green SCM is ecological impacts. On supplier selection criteria, Traditional SCM is price switching supplier short term relations but to the Green SCM it is a long term relations ecological aspects. The cost prices is low of Traditional SCM and high of Green SCM. The last characteristic is speed and flexibility which is high in Traditional SCM and low in Green SCM. (Ashish J. and Hari,