GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cleaner Production

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Omid Jadidi

Document Summary

Week 11 lecture green supply chain management. All facilities, functions and activities associated with flow and transforming of goods and services from raw materials to customers, as well as the associated information flows. Managing flow of information through supply chain in order to attain the level of synchronization that will make it more responsive to customer needs while lowering costs. Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Design so that used products can be easily taken apart. Design focus on reducing the number of parts in a product and on assembly methods and sequence. Use the same internal component for a variety of products. Providing design specifications to suppliers that include environmental requirements for purchased item. Design for assembly & disassembly and component commonality. Environmental compliance and auditing programs iso 14001 certification. Go green for public image and increased sales. Consumer are more attracted to companies that regard the environment.