Green Supply Chain Management 

Course ID: B73030T1 

Credits: 3

Objective:

After completing this course, learners will be able to: 

• discuss the functional breadth and topical scope of supply chain sustainability. 

• evaluate supply chain sustainability tools and metrics that would work for their organization. 

• describe and suggest applications for the role of purchasing in green supply chain management. 

• explain how sustainability reporting and social responsibility reporting can be used to support green supply chain. 

• discuss how transportation affects green supply chain, and how inter-organizational relationships can help increase transportation sustainability. 

• outline the possible trade-offs between sustainability, safety, and efficiency.

Course Prerequisites: None

Outline:  

• Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools and techniques required to analyze and design environmentally sustainable supply chain systems. 

• Topics covered include Closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics systems, carbon foot printing, life-cycle analysis and supply chain sustainability strategy. 

• Class sessions will combine presentations, case discussions All students will work on a course-long team project that critically evaluates the environmental supply chain strategy of an industry or a publicly traded company.

Teaching Method:  

• Applying papers presentation and discussion 

• The practical case understanding, analyze and develop research program.

Reference:  

• Journal articles. 

• Sarkis, J., & Dou, Y. (2017). Green supply chain manage-ment: A concise introduction. Routledge. 

• Additional reference: 1. Blanco, E., and E. Olivetti. WidgetCo–Carbon Footprint Case Study (PDF). MIT (Courtesy of MIT Center for Transn and Logistics and MIT Materials Sys-tems Laboratory.) 2. “Life Cycle Assessment of Hand Drying Systems.” (PDF - 1.3MB) Material Systems Laboratory, 2011.

Evaluation: 

• Midterm report: 30% 

• Final project report: 30% 

• Class involvement: 30% 

• Progress evaluation: 10%