Sustainable Supply Chain Management SSCM Professor Tava Olsen

Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Professor Tava Olsen Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Director: Centre for Supply Chain Management Deputy Director: Te Punaha Matatini

Three Pieces Working Together

The Basic Supply Chain Customers Information Flow Retailers Distribution Centers Material Flow Assembly/Manufacturing 1 st Tier Suppliers 2 nd Tier Suppliers

Supply Chain Management • Mentzer et al. (2001) put forward that SCM has been defined from three different angles – A management philosophy – A set of activities for implementation – A set of management processes • Similarly, the definitions of SSCM cover relevant aspects from different perspectives – That is, the definitions are not necessarily inconsistent with each other but rather attend to particular aspects

Source: Reefke and Olsen, 2016

Source: Reefke and Olsen, 2016

Source: Reefke and Olsen, 2016

World Class Sustainable Supply Chain Management Environmental Social Values & Ethics Economic Stability Operational Performance Assessment Organizational Culture Profitability Green Design, Packaging, Distribution & Warehousing Audit & Assessment Code of Conduct Employee welfare Strategic collaboration& Information sharing Conservation Equity Internal Factors Logistics Optimization External Factors Government Rules & Regulations Technology Customer Pressure Standardization Corporate Strategy& Commitment Competition Life cycle concept Public awareness & Ethics Source: Reefke and Sundaram, 2016

The Centre for Supply Chain Management Research Themes • • Sustainable supply chain management Supply chain collaboration Supply chain risk management Supply chain networks and infrastructure