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5 Questions to Start the Sustainable Supply Chain Conversation - 0 views

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  • ISM Silicon Valley on 05 Apr 12
     
    Moving forward, as consumers and shareholders both demand transparency and ask for more accountable businesses, sustainability within the supply chain will evolve from just "greenwashing" to become the foundation of great business. "Today, sustainability has replaced cost, value and speed as the dominant topic of discussion among purchasing and supply professionals," asserts the authors of one Oracle white paper. In 2007, Mattel spent $110 million on product recalls and saw its share price drop 5. 8 percent in just two months after its Tier 2 Suppliers used unsafe levels of lead paint in Mattel toys. "Even though Mattel has excellent supply chain management, one slip-up cost them in terms of reputation loss," says Diane Osgood, Ph. D. and founder of Osgood Sustainability Consulting. "Better transparency could have saved them.
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How do You Manage Transportation Risk in a Sustainable Supply Chain? - Sustainability: ... - 0 views

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  • ISM Silicon Valley on 31 Dec 10
     
    "A growing focus on sustainable supply chain management over the past few years has proven to be a big cost savings opportunity for many businesses. With traditional procurement strategies primarily focused on cost savings through vendor reduction, leverage spend, inventorsikry reductions, transaction efficiencies, a shifting sustainability mindset is elevating supply chain thinking. More strategically focused organizations are evaluating business sustainability risks that extend beyond the walls of the company. "
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Are You Ready for Economic Recovery? - 0 views

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shared by ISM Silicon Valley on 13 Apr 10 - Cached
  • The economically driven business actions over the past two years dramatically reduced inventories in the supply chain.  At the time, these cuts were, for many, a stay-in-business strategy.  However as the market turns towards recovery, this same business sustainability decision may be creating supply chain risk. 
  • ISM Silicon Valley on 13 Apr 10
     
    Determining the criteria that will prepare an organization for economic recovery and ultimately move it along the business sustainability scale has become a focus of our sustainability consulting and many leading supply chain actions in ...
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Sustainable Supply Chains vs. Sustainable Supply Networks - 1 views

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shared by ISM Silicon Valley on 13 Nov 10 - Cached
  • A Sustainable Supply Network is comprised of raw materials as they flow from source to product to disposal/reuse.  It encompasses people, environmental and human rights activities, information flow and resource consumption.  Supply Networks include multiple businesses (miners, farmers, transportation, vendors, factories, and retailers etc.).  Every organization is involved in multiple supply networks as a manufacturer and/or consumer.
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Sustainability Consortium - 0 views

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  • ISM Silicon Valley on 03 Jan 10
     
    The Sustainability Consortium develops transparent methodologies, tools and strategies to drive a new generation of products and supply networks that address environmental, social and economic imperatives. The Sustainability Consortium advocates for a transparent process and system, not individuals or organizations.
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IBM Announces New Energy-Management, Sustainability Solutions for Smarter Enterprises -... - 0 views

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  • Press room Press releases IBM Announces New Energy-Management, Sustainability Solutions for Smarter Enterprises
  • IBM (NYSE: IBM) today added new software and services to its expanding portfolio of solutions aimed at creating sustainable enterprises and smarter urban infrastructures. The new offerings, piloted in-house by IBM, help owners and managers of commercial buildings leverage the latest efficiency technologies and compliance systems to deliver economic, operational and environmental benefits.
  • IBM also announced that Autodesk has joined its industry alliance, Green Sigma Coalition, a move that can help the group improve buildings’ sustainability from blueprints to daily operations. Additionally, IBM announced an expanded relationship with Schneider Electric, global specialist in energy management, to deliver new combined offerings that monitor and reduce energy use to make buildings smarter.
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APICS Releases Key Findings From Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Event - 1 views

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  • APICS The Association for Operations Management, the global leader in supply chain and operations management certification, education, and membership, announced today key findings from an event exploring APICS members' roles in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in relation to the United Nations Global Compact.
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What Price Sustainability in Procurement? - 0 views

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  • "Our studies show that procurement with an ecological and social conscience is not a cost factor, but a value factor," says Marlinghaus. "Companies that pursue a consistent approach to green and sustainable procurement receive an above-average return on capital deployed."
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Supply Chain Sustainability - 0 views

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    The Global Compact encourages signatories to develop sustainable supply chain practices.
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IBM New Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Requirements to Advance Sustainabili... - 0 views

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shared by ISM Silicon Valley on 30 Apr 10 - Cached
  • John Paterson, IBM Global Supply Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President, said, "Clearly there are financial benefits for procurement organizations around the world to choose suppliers that effectively manage their corporate and environmental responsibilities. For IBM, this helps contribute to our business success and that of our suppliers.  Moreover, it's the right thing to do."
  • ISM Silicon Valley on 30 Apr 10
     
    New management system requirements to advance sustainability across the company's global network of suppliers. IBM's "first-tier" suppliers.
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Sustainable Sourcing: Unilever talks the talk... - 0 views

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  • It shouldn’t be inferred that Unilever are somehow the first company to put ‘green standards’ this high on the agenda – they’re not. Neither do their ambitious targets necessarily mark them out; I suspect I’m not the only one who’s had a chuckle at some of the rather ludicrous ‘zero carbon emissions by 2015’ that others have touted.
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Amazon.com: Fix Your Supply Chain: How to Create a Sustainable Lean Improvement Roadmap - 0 views

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  • Operational excellence is required to make any winning business strategy sustainable, but it is only achieved and sustained through continuous improvement, and these improvements must be real. This book will arm you with the knowledge and methods needed to identify needed change and the tools to implement them, and perhaps most importantly, give you the confidence needed to become an effective change agent.
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i2 Supply Chain Strategist Embraces Sustainability - 0 views

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  • i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) today announced the release of version 6.3.2 of i2 Supply Chain Strategist, a world-leading solution designed to optimize a company’s supply chain network to meet their business objectives. Companies in many diverse industries use i2 Supply Chain Strategist, including discrete and process manufacturing, retail, consumer goods and logistics providers. The latest release adds significant new features for performing optimizations while considering carbon emissions, sustainability and associated constraints.
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