Browsing by Subject "supply chain management"

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Creating a sustainable supply chain
(2014) Bellino, Ellen
The problem: 4.5 lbs. of trash is produced per day by the average American; planned and perceived obsolescence; United Nations is calculating the cost of pollution and other environmental damages caused by the 3,000 largest public corporations summed up around $2.2 trillion in greenhouse gas emission, other pollution, and water degradation. Future solutions include: redesigning heavy trucks to make them more fuel efficient; converting dirty plastics into fuel or petrochemicals; all green sustainable disposal; utilizing consumer purchasing power; and quantifying externalized costs in order to require these costs to be taken into account on balance sheets and repaid by corporations.
The hands behind the luxurious dollar bag - Latin America's largest black market
(2014-04) Leon, Cecilia
In Argentina resides one of the largest markets of counterfeit merchandize in the world. Located in Buenos Aires, “La Salada” fair has been characterized by the European Commission as, “The biggest illegal market in the world”. La Salada profits with around $125 million each year by counterfeiting multibillionaire luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton. A comparison between Louis Vuitton’s supply chain with La Salada’s supply chain will demonstrate how a quality production process has been sacrificed for a quantity production process. This analysis will further illustrate how the violation of human rights has fueled La Salada with enormous profits, and how Louis Vuitton has confronted the counterfeit market.