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Green Supplu Chain

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*College of Graduate Studies
*Assignment Cover Sheet {draw:frame} {draw:frame} {draw:g} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} Introduction {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} The term supply chain management arose in late 1980s and came into widespread use in 1990s. Prior to that time, businesses used to use terms like “logistics” and “operations management” instead. For a better understanding, the difference between logistics and supply chain is that logistics refers to the activities and strategies within the bounders of an organization while supply chain refers to the network of the companies that coordinate and work together to deliver a certain product or service to the market. A supply chain is the stream of processes of moving goods starting at the customer order through the raw materials stage, supply, production, and ending with the distribution of products to the customer. All organizations have supply chains of varying degrees of complexity depending upon the size of the organization and the type of product manufactured. These networks obtain supplies and components, change these materials into finished products and then distribute them to the customer. Supply Chain seeks to optimize the management of all flows of information, physical flows and interfaces between the various producers and suppliers involved in making a product or service available. It is, by definition, a horizontal activity embracing all the company’s functions. The concept of the Green Supply Chain covers all the phases of a product’s life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials through the design, production and distribution phases, to the use of products by consumers and their disposal at the end of the product’s life cycle (reconditioning, reuse, and recycling). There are six key elements to a supply chain: Supply - What production facility or supplier...