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Green Supply Chain Management (ESM289)
Syllabus, Spring 2009
Time: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00am-12:15pm
Room: Bren Hall 1424Reading: To be done upfront, i.e. for the
session in which it is listedWork load: You will have to write a
term paper (10-20 pages)
Exams: There will be no final exam
Instructor: Roland Geyer
Contact: Bren Hall 3426, extension 7234, [email protected]
Office hours: Drop in policy
Date Topics & Readings
Session 1: Introduction
March 30
Topics:
Industrial ecology
Life cycle thinking
Problem of agency in industrial ecology (IE)
Session 2: Definitions
April 1
Topics:
Definition of supply chain management (SCM)
Definition of green supply chain management (GSCM)
Inventory control: Economic order quantity (EOQ)
Reading:
Jackson & Clift (1998) Wheres the profit in industrial
ecology, Journal ofIndustrial Ecology 2(1) pp3-5
Session 3: Analytical framework
April 8
Topics:
Life cycle accounting
Environmental and economic dimension
Economic value vs. environmental impact addedReading:
US EPA (2000) The Lean and Green Supply Chain: A Practical Guide
for
Material Managers and Supply Chain Managers, EPA
742-R-00-001,Environmental Accounting Project, US EPA
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Date Topics & Readings
Session 4: Supply
April 13
Topics:
Input productivity
Contracting / Servicizing
Example: Chemical management services
Reading:
Reiskin, White, Johnson, Votta (2000) Servicizing the Supply
Chain,
Journal of Industrial Ecology 3(2&3) pp 19-31
Session 5: Supply
April 15
Topics:
Supply loops and their constraints
Case study: Steel section reuse and recycling
Average / marginal cost, price elasticity of supply and
demand
Reading:
Geyer & Jackson (2004) Supply Loops and their Constraints:
TheIndustrial Ecology of Recycling and Reuse, California
Management
Review 46(2), 55-73
Session 6: Supply
April 20
Topics:
Green procurement
Supply chain power
Cost-sharing, profit-sharing
Reading:
BSR (2001) Suppliers perspectives on greening the supply
chain,Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Education Fund
Session 7: Guest Speaker
April 21
Green Purchasing at the City of Santa Barbara
Stephen MacIntosh, Director Environmental Services, City of
Santa Barbara, CA
Session 8: Supply
April 22
Topics:
Recycled content versus end-of-life recycling
Eco-labelingReading:
Atherton (2007) Declaration by the Metals Industry on
Recycling
Principles, Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 12(1) 59-60
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Date Topics & Readings
Session 9: Guest Speaker
April 27
Green Supply Chain Management at Patagonia
Jill Dumain, Environmental Analysis Director, Patagonia,
Ventura, CA
Session 10: Production
April 29
Topics:
Environmental cost accounting
Cost allocation and life cycle costing
Session 11: Production
May 4
Topics:
Pollution prevention
Process improvements and sustainable operations
Reading: Corbett C J, Klassen R D (2006) Extending the
Horizons:
Environmental Excellence as Key to Improving Operations,
M&SOM
8(1) Winter 2006, pp. 5-22
Session 12: Investment decisions
May 6
Topics:
Compounding, discounting
Interest rates, cost of capital, cash flow structures
NPV, IRR, Payback
Session 13: Investment decisions
May 11
Topics:
Annuities (renting versus purchasing)
Case studies: Hybrid electric vehicles, photovoltaic systems
Session 14: Packaging
May 13
Topics:
Packaging materials and reusable packaging
Relationship between packaging and transportation
Reading:
Matthews (2004) Thinking outside the Box: Designing a
PackagingTake-Back System, California Management Review 46(2)
pp105-119
Early, Kidman, Menvielle, Geyer, McMullan (2009)
Informingpackaging design decisions at Toyota Motor Sales using
life cycle
assessment and costing, Journal of Industrial Ecology,
Forthcoming
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Date Topics & Readings
Session 15: Transportation
May 18
Topics:
Mass, distance, mode, volume, utilization rates
Reading:
Nathan (2007) Environmental Impacts of Just-in-Time: Effects
ofAltered Supplier Transportation, Bren School, UCSB
Session 16: Guest speaker
May 20
Greening Strategic Supply-Chain Partnerships
Jack Sahl, Director Environment & Resource Sustainability,
SouthernCalifornia Edison
Session 17: Guest Speaker
May 27
Reverse Logistics for Green Supply Chain Management
David Meldrum-Taylor, Director of Research, Reverse
Logistics
Association
Thierry, Salomon, van Nunen, van Wassenhove (1995) Strategic
Issues
in Product Recovery Management, California Management Review
37(2), 114-135
Session 18: Product end-of-life management
June 1
Topics: Cell phone reuse and recycling
Market cannibalization, product competition
Reading:
Geyer, Doctori Blass (2009) The role of displaced production for
reuseand recycling: The example of cell phone end-of-life
management,
submitted to Journal of Industrial Ecology
Geyer, Doctori Blass (2009) The economics of cell phone
recycling and
reuse, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
Forthcoming
Session 19: Wrap-up
June 3
Topics:
Course summary
Course evaluation
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