This week’s topics
Sustainable logistics and distribution
- Energy-efficient warehouse operations
- Packaging waste reduction
- Reverse logistics
- Fleet route optimisation and emissions control
- Leveraging supply chain optimization and visibility to achieve carbon reduction targets
- Sustainable Supply Chains with Benny Andrade of Dr. Bronner’s - SC3x Live
- Distribution
What you will be able to do
- 3.2 Describe sustainable practices used in warehouse and distribution operations.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe sustainable practices used in warehouse and distribution operations.
Study materials
Videos
- Leveraging supply chain optimization and visibility to achieve carbon reduction targets · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 46 min · for registered students
- Sustainable Supply Chains with Benny Andrade of Dr. Bronner’s - SC3x Live · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 58 min · for registered students
- Distribution · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
- Introduction to Logistics, ch. 9: Risks and Challenges · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 145–159 · for registered students
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 9: Using Supply Chains to Create Value for Customers · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 275–304 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
