SCM 448Building Sustainable Supply Chains

3 credits · Supply Chain Management · Penn State

This course looks at sustainability from a business perspective. In particular, it focuses on how to design businesses and their supply chains that are both economically and environmentally sustainable. Firms are under increasing pressure from governments, stakeholders, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the general public to develop products and processes that have a lower impact on the environment (e.g., lower carbon emissions). The course is designed to be offered via the Case Method teaching approach. This method uses decision-focusing cases to put students in the role of people who were faced with difficult decisions at some point in the past. Students will be challenged to develop ways industries can mitigate consumption problems. The outcome is to provide students with a knowledge base in core areas of sustainability from a business (supply chain) perspective. These core areas include but are not limited to: Fundamentals, Eco-efficiency, Product Stewardship, and Sustainable Strategy.