Course details

Overview ?

The Course

“The time for action on greening supply chains has come. Daily headlines report food shortages, and concerns about energy security and dangerous climate change. Current forecasts suggest that by 2050 the human population will grow to around 9 billion, and that per capita consumption of hard and soft commodities are set to increase. An incredible challenge lies ahead of us: already the production, extraction, and consumption of basic commodities are contributing to humanity's unsustainable ecological footprint.

It is clear that access to resources will be a major strategic corporate issue in the coming decades. We are convinced that the winners will be those companies that are able to demonstrate that their supply chains are clean and green”

(Source Duncan Pollard, Director, Conservation Practice & Policy, WWF International 2009)

This course will therefore demonstrate:

Green makes good commercial sense
A growing customer/consumer downstream demand, for products/services provided in environmentally sound manner, will ultimately drive, all of the upstream supply
What needs to be changed
The new policies that are required
A migration strategy to enable sustainable Green Supply Chains

The Goals

Participants attending the program will:

Understand what Green Supply Chain Management is fundamentally about
Appreciate what is needed to enable a Green Supply Chain
Show the benefits that can be obtained
Look 'outside of the box'
Understand how to apply a Green Supply Chain migration strategy

The Process

Expert tutor input using power points
Delegate discussion and involvement
Case studies
Best practice examples
Supportive comprehensive course manual enabling practical application and reinforcement

The Benefits

Examine the organizations supply chain operations and activities
Analyze the key areas of the supply chain
Apply “Green” principles and see how “going green” makes commercial sense
Succeed in introducing a Green Supply Chain
Gain a competitive advantage

The Results

Appreciate the changes that “green” brings to business processes
Gain the financial benefits that effective Green supply chain management can bring
Be able to understand, recall and apply improvements after the seminar for work based application
Apply best in class practices
Learn from other delegates experiences and practices

The Core Competencies

Analysis
Critical thinking
Strategic direction
Policy making
Implementation

The Programme Content

Introduction to Green Supply Chain
- The 5 fundamental questions to be answered on the benefits, the costs, the power to influence, engagement and barriers
- Benefits of Green Supply Chain
- Traditional and Green Supply Chains
- Green Supply Chains and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Drivers of Green Supply Chain
- The Green Supply Chain Framework
- Impact on bottom line through green supply chains
- Key Contributors to the Profitability of Green Supply Chains
Green Supply Chain Planning
Life Cycle Management
Green Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Green Procurement
- Procurement definitions, aims and scope
- Benefits of Green Procurement
- Drivers of Green Procurement
- Challenges
- Factors Effecting Green Procurement
- Moving towards Green Procurement
- Reflections on Green Procurement: joined up thinking
Green Production
Benefits of Green Production
Drivers of Green Production
Challenges of Green Production
Key Components of Green Production
Drivers of Green Logistics
Benefits of Green Logistics
Challenges in Green Logistics
Moving towards Green Logistics
Green Logistics
Green Packaging
- Benefits of Green Packaging
- Drivers of Green Packaging
- Getting Started with Green Packaging
Green Marketing
Importance of Green Marketing
Drivers of Green Marketing
Challenges in Green Marketing
Elements of Green Marketing
Examples of Supply Loops
Components of Supply Loops
Drivers of Supply Loops
Benefits of Supply Loops
Supply Loops
Carbon Footprint Minimization Across the Supply Chain
- Carbon Measurement
- Carbon Minimization
- Carbon Monitoring
- Carbon Reporting
Migration Strategy
Phase I, Detailed Analysis
Phase II, Design and Implementation
Phase III, Organizational Change Management
Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement
- Benefits of Continuous Improvement in Green Supply Chains
- Pre-requisites of Continuous Improvement
- Methodology of Continuous Improvement
- Green Supply Chain Benchmarking
- Pareto Analysis
- Example of Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement
Green Supply Chain Performance Evaluation
Benefits of Performance Evaluation
Performance Evaluation Methodology
Presenting finding of Performance Evaluation
Using information from Performance Evaluation for making decisions