November 2015

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November 2015

By now, I’m guessing that everyone has seen Matthew McConaughey’s commercials for Lincoln, especially the one for the hybrid. “It’s not about huggin’ trees,” he tells us as he looks wistfully into the horizon. “It’s not about bein’ wasteful either. You just gotta find that balance.” Whether or not you think they’re cheesy (my wife is not a fan), McConaughey’s lines are spot on for this month’s issue of Supply Chain Management Review, which takes what we hope is a balanced look at sustainability in the supply chain.

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Competitive Supply Chains: Optimized Demand Management

Author's note: This is the third in a series of columns on competitive supply chains.

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Tracking the Value of Traceability

The ability to track and trace products is fundamental to sound supply chain management.

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Climate Change Adds to Supply Chain Complexity

Operational concerns notwithstanding, both brands and their suppliers face increasing pressure to provide sustainable services and products across their value chains.

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Sustainability as Strategy: Caught in the Luxury Trap

Once lauded as the right thing to do, many sustainability efforts have languished post-recession as consumers have balked at paying a luxury tax for sustainable products and…

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How Sustainable is Your New Product Development Process?

New products and services may be driving business today, but in and of itself, new product development may not be enough. To remain competitive, managers must integrate new…

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How They Did it: Unilever’s Journey to “Zero Waste to the Landfill”

In 2010, Unilever hit the reset button on sustainability and set an ambitious goal to take waste out of the supply chain. By 2014, it had achieved “zero waste to the…

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The Many Flavors Of Network Optimization

When it comes to network optimization, no one thing drives the decision to locate facilities in one part of the country over another. Instead, key decision drivers often vary by…

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Managing the Dark Side of Close Buyer-Supplier Relationships

It is all too easy for relationships between companies and their suppliers to become too chummy and for essential checks and balances to get less attention than they require.…

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Lean Forward: Closing the Loop Between Planning and Execution

What operations executives really think, but don't say aloud.

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The Trade-offs of Outsourcing Procurement

Before you decide to outsource routine procurement activities, consider what your organization values most.

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