SCM 300 / SCM300 Exam 2: (Latest
Update ) Global Supply
Operations | Modules 5 - 8 |
Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A - ASU
Question:
Why is the supply chain a logical place to look to when trying to "green up" a
company?
Answer:
Consideration of Natural Resources
o Emissions: Smokestack, Liquid waste, Noise Pollution, Radioactive Waste,
Electromagnetic Emission, Landfill garbage...
o Employee and Consumer safety
o Progressive programs for waste disposal and reuse
This list continues to get bigger and bigger each year, its on the company to
decide what they are doing wrong and what they want to improve on
,Question:
Sustainability in Supply Management
Answer:
purchasing, buy only what you need
efficient during production; be resourceful, use everything you buy
Question:
Sustainability in Operations and Product Management
Answer:
Eliminate Waste Materials, Fuel, Garbage, Overproduction, Defects, etc
Minimize Emissions: Solvents, Gases, Waste water
HR : Job safety, Job Satisfaction, Morale, Health, Minimize sick days
Question:
Sustainability in Logistics, Shipping, and distribution
Answer:
Fuel consumption, Avoid traffic congestion, Minimize emissions
Storage Requirements: Real Estate, Energy to maintain building, etc.
Reverse Logistics: Packaging disposal, Pick up, Repair, Recovery, Salvage
,Question:
Supply Chain Sustainability Program and Methods
Answer:
o Do consumers really want sustainable products?
o The Expense of Being Sustainable
o Regional Legislation
o Building Sustainable Supply Chains takes time and collaboration
Change takes time. How fast can suppliers change?
Industries must develop and then achieve economies of scale
o Are sustainable solutions actually sustainable, Recycling
Outcomes are sometimes very, sometimes not very good
Consider entire life cycle trucks to transport the items, the machines to break
down the items all release fossil fuels
The item you get using recycled materials is lower quality water bottles or
paper, but items such as metals recycle a lot better
o Lack of Reliable Sustainability Metrics
What actually is the best solution?
Metrics: comprehensive BUT easy to use, understand, interpret
o Similar Products have very different Supply Chains, Life Cycle Analysis
o Redesigning products can be difficult and expensive (and risky)
o Developing standards and goals
Different groups require different goals; Where is the waste?
Important to "know where the garbage is" what departments/areas they need
to become more sustainable
, Question:
In class example: Walmart (sustainability)
Answer:
the biggest example of sustainability
o Caused thousands of suppliers green and then also greened everyone else's
supply chain too
o they are all about money, but sustainability is too
o product design initiative
the "watch" story the company figured out how to produce the watch without
mercury in it within 9 months
o packaging initiatives
car seats, 5% reduction
o facilities design and facilities management
o pushing suppliers
water reduction, land optimization
o former CEO Lee Scott: "low hanging fruit" statement
they are picking up extra money off of the floor they haven't even gotten to
the tree
o Sustainability Index, are creating a sustainability index that will be in their
stores so you can see which products are more sustainable then others so then
you can make a choice on what products you want to buy
• this also creates competition between their suppliers to improve their
sustainability since customers will see how sustainable they are
:this is being created at ASU and Arkansas University
Update ) Global Supply
Operations | Modules 5 - 8 |
Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A - ASU
Question:
Why is the supply chain a logical place to look to when trying to "green up" a
company?
Answer:
Consideration of Natural Resources
o Emissions: Smokestack, Liquid waste, Noise Pollution, Radioactive Waste,
Electromagnetic Emission, Landfill garbage...
o Employee and Consumer safety
o Progressive programs for waste disposal and reuse
This list continues to get bigger and bigger each year, its on the company to
decide what they are doing wrong and what they want to improve on
,Question:
Sustainability in Supply Management
Answer:
purchasing, buy only what you need
efficient during production; be resourceful, use everything you buy
Question:
Sustainability in Operations and Product Management
Answer:
Eliminate Waste Materials, Fuel, Garbage, Overproduction, Defects, etc
Minimize Emissions: Solvents, Gases, Waste water
HR : Job safety, Job Satisfaction, Morale, Health, Minimize sick days
Question:
Sustainability in Logistics, Shipping, and distribution
Answer:
Fuel consumption, Avoid traffic congestion, Minimize emissions
Storage Requirements: Real Estate, Energy to maintain building, etc.
Reverse Logistics: Packaging disposal, Pick up, Repair, Recovery, Salvage
,Question:
Supply Chain Sustainability Program and Methods
Answer:
o Do consumers really want sustainable products?
o The Expense of Being Sustainable
o Regional Legislation
o Building Sustainable Supply Chains takes time and collaboration
Change takes time. How fast can suppliers change?
Industries must develop and then achieve economies of scale
o Are sustainable solutions actually sustainable, Recycling
Outcomes are sometimes very, sometimes not very good
Consider entire life cycle trucks to transport the items, the machines to break
down the items all release fossil fuels
The item you get using recycled materials is lower quality water bottles or
paper, but items such as metals recycle a lot better
o Lack of Reliable Sustainability Metrics
What actually is the best solution?
Metrics: comprehensive BUT easy to use, understand, interpret
o Similar Products have very different Supply Chains, Life Cycle Analysis
o Redesigning products can be difficult and expensive (and risky)
o Developing standards and goals
Different groups require different goals; Where is the waste?
Important to "know where the garbage is" what departments/areas they need
to become more sustainable
, Question:
In class example: Walmart (sustainability)
Answer:
the biggest example of sustainability
o Caused thousands of suppliers green and then also greened everyone else's
supply chain too
o they are all about money, but sustainability is too
o product design initiative
the "watch" story the company figured out how to produce the watch without
mercury in it within 9 months
o packaging initiatives
car seats, 5% reduction
o facilities design and facilities management
o pushing suppliers
water reduction, land optimization
o former CEO Lee Scott: "low hanging fruit" statement
they are picking up extra money off of the floor they haven't even gotten to
the tree
o Sustainability Index, are creating a sustainability index that will be in their
stores so you can see which products are more sustainable then others so then
you can make a choice on what products you want to buy
• this also creates competition between their suppliers to improve their
sustainability since customers will see how sustainable they are
:this is being created at ASU and Arkansas University
