To stay with this week's theme of establishing an environmentally-friendly supply chain, here are a few more tips from Logistics Management on going green while at the same time cutting costs: Green logistics: Industry expert cites ways of going green and cutting costs at the same time. In the article, supply chain expert Jack Ampuja discusses strategies such as redesigning packaging and logistics systems, and the effect that oil price fluctuations can have on supply chains:

Here's a video I found that explains how Walmart plans to track supply chain emissions in order to provide carbon footprint information for all of their products. This follows up on a couple of blog posts I've made recently on this topic. Enjoy!

At this year's CSCMP Annual Conference, a panel discussion was held with John Coyle of Pennsylvania State University, Bud LaLonde of Ohio State University, and Don Bowersox of Michigan State University, to discuss what will be needed now and in the future for supply chains to evolve and contribute to economic growth and corporate sustainability. Everyone offered some interesting views, and in case you were not in attendance, Logistics Today has posted up some of the key take-aways from the discussion.