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With the vast amount of the sustainable approaches in the field of today’s business, Green Logistics has been a new concern and acquaintance to the world of Logistics business. Green logistics is the integration and the management of all the activities required to move products through the supply chain. For a typical product this supply chain extends from a raw material source through the production and distribution system to the point of consumption and the associated reverse logistics. The logistical activities comprise freight transport, storage, inventory management, materials handling and all the related information processing. Green Logistics hits all the Logistics processes. From material handling to the last information required to proceed in the Logistics process.
The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate whether or not greening efforts are dependent on a higher level company-wide sustainability strategy to be carried out and whether or not greening efforts lead to any changes in logistics effectiveness and logistics efficiency. Design, methodology and approach, the paper is based on empirical data collected via a survey and research from several scientific journals and articles. The results were analyzed using these several picked articles to find out the process and strategies. Within this research, the authors have tried to validate the existence of relationships between a company's sustainability strategy, its transportation greening efforts and logistics performance. Research limitations and implications – The paper investigates the possible effect the sustainability strategy of the firm will have on its decision to green its transportation, and the possible effect these measures will ha...
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..., compatibility, and complexity because these three factors have consistently been found to be more important in influencing adoption behavior of technical innovation than the other factors. The advantage of the technological factor is a degree in which innovation is perceived and being more beneficial. The perceived benefits can be measured in economic or social terms such as performance, satisfaction, reputation, and convenience. Companies are more likely to adopt a technology which able to provide better performance and higher economic gains than the other technologies. Relative advantage is positively related to the adopted innovations in the organization. Energy reduction, natural resources consumption, waste reduction and emissions, and responsiveness to social environmental expectations are all potential organizational benefits to reach the green practices.
This is not different with the retailing industry as this is one of the largest growing companies globally. Over the past years, this market was regarded to have less concern on environmental aspects but has since attracted significant changes. In terms of capacity, productivity and revenue, Tesco PLC boasts of being the third largest retailer globally. The firm is based in UK but operates in 14 states (Profile, 2014). The company also is known for its well established social respo...
Can Anticipatory Logistics Work In The Corporate World? I do not see any reason, based on the article provided, as to why anticipatory logistics cannot work in the corporate world. In my opinion both are significantly similar in function and operation. The basic aim of both the supply chain management that is frequently used in the corporate world and the anticipatory logistics used by the armed forces are same, and that Is to satisfy the customer better than the competitor. It is true that in each industry the requirements, needs and demands of customers are different, specifically in the corporate world where one company sells pharmaceutical products while other sells ready made clothes. However, in the industry, all the companies compete for a greater market share and that share is contributed by earning customers, loyal or not. When there is a question of winning customers, then there is a concern about the cost, the pricing of the product or service, the speed and ease of delivery, the psychological acceptance, and many other such elements that make the organization ponder on efforts that would let them survive not just in the corporate world, but also in the war or preparations for war. Anticipatory logistics work in the similar fashion as the supply chain management works. Defining the supply chain management, Li et al (1999) writes that the supply chain management is the “management of materials and information flow both in and between facilities across SC”, where the SC or the supply chain is a “network of facilities and distribution options that performs the function of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and distribution of these finished products to custo...
The general innovation theory has enlarged with the analysis of the influence of environmental policy and institutional factors, classifying the determinants of eco-innovation in three broad categories supply side, demand side, and regulation and policy (Horbach and Rennings, 2007; Horbach, 2008; Oltra and Jean, 2005). Taking these different approaches as a departure point, and analysing the factors that motivate eco-innovation in energy firms, this paper contributes to the literature by pooling together insights from the innovation literature on eco-innovation and the environmental economics literature for explaining the drivers of eco-innovation.
In conclusion, going green in the workplace is catchy new trend. Choosing to go verdant can be a grueling task and one that is confronted with some unique pros and cons. Although making green choices come at a slightly higher price, the rewards that are earned more than cover these costs. When a company chooses wisely going green can not only help the environment, and reduce the carbon foot-print the company makes but it can also prove to be a very smart business decision that can be financially gratifying.
Sustainable supply chains (SSC) are a process, which employ purchasing policies and procedures that assist sustainable development at the centers of tourism. This aspect of tourism is particularly vital to implementing feasible tour operator practices. The final tourist product featured in both glossy brochures and enticing websites must be considerate of viable sustainable supply chain management to create long lasting destinations for the consumer. This report will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of SSCs, and attempt to assess how SSCs are used as a popular management tool in the tourism industry. “Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination.” (Font and Tapper et al., 2008, pp. 260--271). To expand on this, there is an expectation that Supply Chain Management “emphasizes the logistics interactions that take place among the functions of marketing, logistics, and production within a firm and those interactions that take place between the legally separate firms within the product- flow channel.” (Pulevska-Ivanovska, L, 2007: 11) This definition encompasses the three main components of supply chain management: marketing, logistics and production. According to Dr Xavier Font, the tour operators’ product depends on 3 major sections: accommodation, transport and activities. (Font, X, 2011: 260) Supply chains vary depending on the nature of product and/or service. (‘UNEP’ 2013: 273) The diagram below illustrates the three main areas of impact: economy, society and environment.
While a number of organizations have not adopted a sustainable operations management strategy, large retail firms like Morrison, Wal-Mart, Marks and Spencer, and Sainsbury’s have adopted this concept into their management strategies in order to reflect customer concerns and thus sustain the competitive advantage. Many larger firms are willing to promote sustainable operations in their markets because this strategy arguably attracts and retains customers.
Environmental pressures have caused green supply chain management to emerge as an important corporate environmental strategy for organisations’ processes. Our discussion will describe, illustrate and critically evaluate the purchasing process of Woolworths. It will further identify the steps of the purchasing process, the effect of green purchasing and sustainable purchasing. Moreover, the essay will go on to look at the effort that Woolworths has made through their programmes and initiatives of green purchasing.
Important companies like Shell, DuPont, BP has been reorganised to generate profits from this green market of goods and services. In this sense, it may sound altruistic, "the sustainability", the logic of profitability and competition is what will determine the ability of companies of the future to meet the changing needs of consumers.
However, A typical query proposed that environmental concerns are generally followed by massive upfront investments, which is likely to abate companies’ competitiveness (Mcguire, Sundgren, & Schneeweis, 1988). While in the automotive industry, several cost reduction ways can be brought about by environmental measures to offset, if not exceed, the aforementioned additional investments (Soloman & Hansen, 1985). Descriptive statistics in automotive industry indicated that eco-friendly CSR measures, such as energy-efficient technologies adopted in vehicle-assembly line, innovation for car recycling and dismantling, are believed to be conducive to cost reduction and profitability enhancement (Cortez & Nugroho, 2010). As a case in point, BMW (2014) claimed a cost saving of 15.8 million euros from resource-efficient production. On the other hand, a mounting number of legally binding environmental policies, which may lead to substantial taxation if companies are substandard, have been imposed on the automotive industry. Driven by regulations, automotive companies will tend to proactively improve their environmental performance for tax deductibility to reduce their capital expenditure (Hall, 2010). Despite additional investments required to concretize environmental concerns, these CSR measures can still benefit automotive companies by reducing substantial
" The Business History Review 76.1 (2002): 75-110. Web. Kutz, Myer. Environmentally Conscious Transportation.
Promote research and innovation in environmental technology and create the conditions required for green technology companies to flourish in Sweden
According to Aamodt, industrial-organizational psychology is a “branch of psychology that applies the principles of psychology to the workplace…to explain and enhance the effectiveness of human behavior and cognition” (Aamodt, 2007). Researchers are working with humans and evaluating each of them regarding what it is like being on the job and how they deal with the new changes of technology. The aspect of industrial-organizational psychology advises individuals to leave their current job and search for a new one due to technological advancement—if technology can do the work more prudently and faster than humans, there is no need to employ them or give a raise. This expresses the “Going Green” movement because Industrial Organizational Psychologists address how technology has an impact on one’s current job. Technology not only does the work for employees but it puts them at greater risk of losing their jobs or having a lowered income. “Going Green” involves the technological advancement in saving energy (i.e. solar panels, dryers), saving money (i.e. less paper, fewer workers) and saving natural resources (i.e. machines operating on making coal, oil, copper). However, the main negative effect of the “Going Green” movement has on human beings is job
Green technology is the technology whose main aim is reduce the impact of human activities on the environment. In other words the target of green technology is to consume less natural resources, reduce the emission, produce goods with energy efficiency, take care of health and safety issues and reuse and recycle the goods after their usage.
As society grows and evolves, technological advancements and innovations continue to develop and consistently change different aspects of our society. For an organization, understanding how to manage these innovations is essential for their proper utilization and implementation. With technological advancements and innovations constantly emerging, it is important for an organization to stay aware of which new technological innovations can help them be successful. Organizations are always looking to set themselves apart from competition through innovation.
As an outcome of the thesis, my professional interest on the issue associated with the development of logistics sector has been enhanced. Furthermore, I am planning to keep an eye on the sector to enhance my knowledge which will benefit me and the organization I work for.