Sustainable Supply Chain Management SCM.290x EdX course
While many organizations have established goals to reduce emissions or become carbon neutral in the next 10-20 years, they struggle to translate these goals into specific actions and strategies. SCM.290x will help you transform your organization’s climate pledges into actionable strategies through better supply chain management. Modeled on our for-credit MIT course, SCM.290x gives you a foundation to meet stakeholders’ demands for supply chain sustainability.
SCM.290 Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Focuses on analyzing the environmental implications of logistics decisions in the supply chain, with special focus on the effect of green transportation, and the new trends in logistics sustainability within the context of growing urbanization and e-commerce. Studies practical alternatives on how to optimize CO2 emissions during last-mile operations by using geo-spatial analysis, and data analytics. Examines the delivery of “fast” and “green” in the new digital era, consumer relationship to sustainable products and services, and environmental costs of fast-shipping e-commerce. Covers supply chain carbon footprint, sustainable transportation, green vehicle routing, fleet assignment, truck consolidation, closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics, green inventory management, and green consumer behavior.