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Supply Chain Strategy and Evaluation - CASE STUDIES

Supply Chain Strategy and Evaluation
CASE STUDIES
Professor Martin Charter, Aleksandra Kielkiewicz-Young, Alex Young and Andrew Hughes The Centre for Sustainable Design February 2001

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Executive Summary
Overview The aim of this second report is to document six case studies on how organisations have implemented Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) into their supply chain strategies, highlighting the organisational drivers behind this development, as well as the state-of-the-art in SSCM tools. The information in this report was gathered through interviews with people within the organisations concerned, with literature used for further background material. The report highlights the conclusions from the first report on SSCM and then draws together the Tools and Strategies used in SSCM into a table that represents the spectrum of management approaches that are used successfully in the current economic climate.

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Example organisations (i) Marks and Spencer The first case study was Marks and Spencer, a well-known UK food and clothing retailer. An own-brand retailer, they point to developing ‘Brand Trust’ and reducing operating cost as two of the key drivers into sustainability. Marks and Spencer has a formalised ethical supply chain management policy built into company-wide global sourcing policies. Suppliers are managed through a one-to-one interface of product buyers and technology experts, which is a key success factor in influencing their supply chain.

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Northumbrian Water This is a large water treatment and supply organisation. The company has developed a strong Environmental Management System (EMS), which they promote as issue on new tender contracts, e.g. there is a requirement for new contract suppliers to have... [continues]

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