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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

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Corporate Knights also ranked the company the most sustainable company in its peer group and the 7 th most sustainable company overall. Resilience and Sustainability Have Increased in Importance Finance is still a key stakeholder. Supply chain design can be a valuable tool for driving sustainability.

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Reverse Logistics Technology: What to Expect

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Unfortunately, the rising demand is a true risk to the state of reverse logistics. As companies look for ways to meet the rising demand, it is easy to abandon sustainability goals and focus solely on getting things accomplished.read More.

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The Circular Supply Chain: A Push for Sustainability

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Supply chain sustainability is increasingly important for the future of business and the world as a whole. Companies are investing more money into sustainability initiatives, seeking to reduce waste and carbon emissions. The Sustainable Supply Chain. Supply chain sustainability takes on a lot of forms.

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Environmental Sustainability in Logistics

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Supply chain sustainability can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. As I have written about before, supply chain sustainability , or the notion of going green, is a hot topic as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly.

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What is Reverse Logistics? A Comprehensive Guide

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What is Reverse Logistics? A Com prehensive Guide Reverse logistics is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of supply chain management. While traditional logistics focuses on moving goods from the manufacturer to the customer, reverse logistics handles the reverse flowproducts moving from the customer back to the business.

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4 Important Benefits of a Sustainable Reverse Logistics Strategy

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However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). Basically, reverse logistics in the supply chain revolves around dealing with end-of-life, malfunctioning, or hardware upgrades.

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The Quietly Growing Conundrum of Online Returns

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Reverse logistics is difficult and costly. In order for retailers to appeal to this demand, they are having to bear the brunt of orchestrating difficult reverse logistics processes and eat the costs of doing so themselves. Moving Forward: Reverse Logistics Technology. In the U.S, Who pays the price?