Supply Chains Can Protect the Environment and Your Interests
Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers must understand the environmental impact of their supply chains to increase profitability. According to Michael Forhez, Senior Principal, Consumer Products & Retail Practice, and Anil Pahwa, Senior Principal, Retail, CPG, & Logistics (RCL), Infosys Consulting, a green supply chain makes business sense.
In an article published in Consumer Goods Technology, Infosys' experts discuss how transportation and logistics provide opportunities to pursue sustainability initiatives and deliver measurable business results. They focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a consumer product from movement of raw materials to production of finished goods. Our experts propose best practices and business processes to minimize carbon emissions and achieve cost savings. One such proposal is to improve load factors for shipments using algorithms that incorporate data about location and date to consolidate shipments by size, product compatibility and trailer types. Enterprises can use optimization techniques to maximize savings at the time of execution.
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