Summary
(part 6 operational management)
LOGISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICE
Environmental Management
Systems
logistics and transport activities have been
identified as having a major impact on the environment in which we all live.
environmental mangement system is standard
which provides a framework for managing environmental issues rather than
establishing performance requirements. and ISO
14000 is environmental management standard was issued by the international organization for
standardization (ISO).
Environmental checklist
•
The
following checklist was published in 1991 by the UK Department of Trade and
Industry.
This is
few of examples a series of questions:
•
Do
your processes and materials pose any danger?
•
Do
you know what impact your products (including their disposal) and services
have on the environment?
•
Do
you know what quantity and type of waste you produce?
•
What
arrangements do you have for monitoring compliance with
environmental
legislation?
•
Are
you aware of existing environmental standards and legislation in the UK and
overseas?
Packaging
Packaging is important to logisticians for a
number of reasons. how effectively the products may be loaded into transport
containers such as cartons or vehicles.
For example, a cylindrical-shaped product is
unlikely to fill a given cubic capacity.
Because, all storage and transport resources
have a finite size and weight
restriction.
filling these spaces effectively is extremely
important.
Waste transport and disposal
The UK Environmental Protection (Duty of Care)
Regulations 1991 created responsibilities for all those involved in the import,
production, keeping, treatment, transport,transfer and disposal of waste.
the transfer of waste only to persons authorized
to receive it and documentation describing the waste and parties
involved in its disposal.
Performance measure
Performance measures are useful for evaluating the progress or otherwise of a given initiative. Most business
managers will be concerned with costs and benefits because businesses are concerned
with making a healthy investment.
Very often, best environmental practice will
result in financial benefits in return.
For example, investment in driver training may deliver savings through reduced accident figures and better fuel consumption.
Reverse logistics
Acording to Rogers, D.S. and
Tibben-Lembke, R. :
they define reverse logistics as an activity to
plan, apply, and control the process in order to achieve
efficiencies with the flow of materials, supplies, finished products, and
related information from the consumer back to manufacturing in
order to regain the economic value of the product or for true
disposal process .
Alternative fuel
With the increasing concerns about global
warming, attention has inevitably been focused on the causes. One of the major culprits identified
by scientists has been the emissions created by burning fossil fuels in transport vehicles the effects
of road vehicle emissions on human health in the
micro Environment.
This several alternative fuel:
Compressed natural gas (CNG)
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Bi-fuel or dual-fuel options
Bio-diesel
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Electric power
Dimethyl ether (DME)
Source : Handbook of logistics and distribution management 2006-Roushton,Croucher and Baker
