Supply Chain Carbon Emissions Modelling

As consumers become increasingly environmentally selective, companies are recognising that they need to optimize their supply chains, not only in terms of the traditional levers of cost and service level, but also in terms of carbon emissions.

Aggressive carbon targets are being set at board level and logistics managers need to ensure that their supply chains are able to achieve them. Unfortunately for most companies, simple operational changes alone will not be enough and before companies start making sweeping changes to their supply chains, it is critical that they plan and understand these changes properly.

The supply chain is an important area where companies can reduce their carbon footprint, but the bottom line is that over 80% of this target is only achievable at the supply chain design stage.

Barloworld Supply Chain Software has worked with a number of companies on projects designed to analyse and reduce carbon emissions.  

 Our CAST-CO2 software can calculate the carbon footprint of any supply chain and provide the optimal network configuration based on cost, service and/or carbon emissions.