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21 Cards in this Set
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Delivering Value via Sustainable Supply Cycle Strategies |
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Describes it as a set of organizations involved in the process of making a product available for consumption. |
Channel |
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Set of primary and support activities performed by the firm to serve as sources of competitive advantage. |
Value Chain |
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It is an international nongovernmental organization made up of national standards bodies that develops and publishes a wide range of proprietary, industrial, and commercial standards. |
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) |
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Outlines the guidelines associated with the firms approach to sustainability, and it provides a strategic approach to the organizations environmental policy. |
ISO 14001 : 2004 |
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Provides guidance on the establishment, implementation, maintenance and improvement of an environmental management system and its coordination with other management systems. |
ISO 14004 : 2004 |
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They can train and monitor driver efforts to use fuel-efficient behaviors that lead to better vehicle performance. |
Enhance Vehicle Performance |
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As the underlying means for ensuring that products are delivered in usable formats, represents an important element of logistics. |
Packaging |
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Firms that invest in sustainable practices in the supply chain develop positive brand reputations that pay dividends in multiple relationships. |
Enhanced Brand Reputation |
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Organizations that focus on the triple bottom line have the ability to anticipate and monitor risk associated with economic, social, and environmental returns. |
Stakeholder Returns Increased |
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The pursuit of sustainability in the delivery of value calls attention to the inputs and outputs associated with every level of the supply cycle. |
Improved Efficiency and Profitability |
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Generally refer to technologies or software that manage the flow of data or resources and monitor the movement or location of objects, respectively. |
Routing and tracking computer system |
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Represent another technology that has the potential to transform logistics. It is an American radio-navigation system that provides free positioning, navigation, and timing service on a continuous worldwide basis. |
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) |
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It is a solution that allows businesses to track, organize, and oversee all of their inventory, as well as their inventory-related processes. |
Inventory Management Software |
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The focal outcomes of processing. |
Product |
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Refers to all other results of processing. |
By Products |
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It trace products back from the point of consumption to the point of production. |
Reverse Logistics |
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The costs associated with product transportation are extensive, and since most forms of transportation rely heavily on fossil fuels, this facet of logistics is highly germane to sustainability concerns. |
Fleet Optimization |
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It refers to the process of planning, allocating, and controlling human and financial resources dedicated to physical distribution, manufacturing support, and purchasing operations. |
Logistics |
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ISO 14001: 2004 Benefits : |
- Competitive advantage over other firms in a market - Lower toxic emissions - Lowered resource usage - Higher energy savings |
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ISO 14004: 2004 Benefits : |
- Lowered costs of waste disposal - Provide assurance to stakeholders that the firm is committed to sustainability - Provides a strong response to customers and suppliers that place environmental demands on the firm |
