CO2 Emisions & Greece

Having just spent a week on a small Greek island, of such beauty only heaven itself can serve as a comparison. In a little village caressed between the hills and the ocean, I spend a week trying effortlessly to relax and unwind.

Sadly like many of you out there my mind struggles to relinquish its grip on the world of supply chain.

While I sat sipping my various cocktails of all different colours and flavours, I planned to write a blog. Using my now holiday hindering ability to watch the movement of goods & look out for differences within others supply chains, I came to the conclusion that no blog of any use could come from my observations.

I have however come home to find a comment on a blog I created before I left, by a Mr Oudenes. Who answered the question “what topics would you like to hear about”, with, “CO2 footprint could be an interesting topic. Logistics is per definition the main user of fossil fuels. More and more it needs to be part of the yearly statement of companies”

And I couldn’t agree more with that statement, many companies have been making huge efforts to reduce the amount of emissions the product through the movement of goods, for example Marks & Spencer’s new lorry designs, helping to make them more streamlined thus reducing CO2 emissions. How much of a difference this makes is not something I know too much about, but I would be surprised if it was not significant.

However in my opinion –

Transportation Planning and Optimization delivers a robust solution to optimize an organization’s daily transportation plans. Including some if not all of the below –

- Mode Selection – proper mode selection to maximize service and minimize cost
- Aggregation – consolidate like shipments with the same origin, destination, pickup and delivery dates
- Consolidation – combine shipments into multi-pickup and/or multi-dropoff moves
- Pooling / Cross-Docking – identify shipments that should move through consolidation or breakbulk points
- Continuous Move and Backhaul – effectively utilize assets (private and common carrier) to minimize deadhead and empty distance
- International Multi-Leg – plans complex global logistics movements
- Backhaul Management – increases dedicated and private fleet asset utilization

I would really like to hear your thoughts and opinions so please let us know.

Thanks again

Chris

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