ILOG tool helps build greener supply chains
Staff -- Supply Chain Management Review, 3/26/2008
Transportation software company, ILOG has introduced a carbon footprint extension for its LogicTools product that is designed to help companies evaluate the impact of various supply chain network configurations and transportation strategies on their carbon footprint. The goal is to help companies quickly and easily implement green supply chain initiatives. “The level of a supply chain’s carbon footprint reflects not only potential current and future liabilities in taxes and offset costs, but may reflect inherent inefficiencies in their operations,” says David Simchi-Levi, professor at MIT and product strategy consultant to ILOG. “Moreover, the ability to quantify and reduce carbon dioxide may allow companies to earn credits that can be traded with less-efficient companies as is evident from the 40 billion Euro world-wide market for carbon emission permits in 2007.”
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