Sustainability

Understanding

Companies are increasingly focusing on economical, ecological and social sustainability, thereby, meeting the expectations of internal and external stakeholder groups. In supply chain and operation management, this is shown, for example, by using eco-friendly (transport) technologies, human-oriented work design and a selection of sustainable working partners (especially customers and suppliers).

Courses

• Sustainability audits
• Key metrics for sustainable supply chain management
• Conception of container management systems

Experience
(Projects, Theses)

•  EU research project BestLog on sustainability in logistics
• Project: development of a sustainability guideline for Supply Chain Management of a northern German mechanical engineering company
• Workshops “Sustainability in Supply Chain Management – Identification of design fields”
• Development and implementation of a logistics sustainability audit for a manufacturer of automation technology
• Country-specific implementation of EU packaging guidelines in the textiles trade
• Development of a control instrument for a sustainable paper supply chain

Contact partners

• Prof. Dr. Peter Franke
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Dieter Lorenzen