CIVL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Biomimetics, Industrial Ecology, Material Flow Analysis
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Supply chain: sequence of activities leading to a delivery of a. Product/service or "end user" (e. g. resource extraction, information transfer, delivering products to the "end user") Mobile phones --> from the design, manufacture to distribution and recycling the old parts (also important to note that the engineering aspect of the phone encompasses multiple supply chains - as each different component come from different locations) 2007 "sustainable supply chains - an introduction" --> notes the different industries which prioritize sustainability within their supply chains (e. g. energy, material sciences) Re-using waste is a key theme in the sustainable supply chain. Sustainable supply chain management: when you consider the construction of the all aspects of the product up until the delivery, in other words, ensure that each component of the life cycle is considered for. There are specific areas of supply chain management:
