Is Sustainability Risk the Next Supply Chain Value Opportunity?

Work over the past few decades by academia, professional consulting firms and solution providers has primarily focused on providing businesses with cost savings incentives to invest resources in the supply chain. Popular practices such as Lean, TPS, Total-System-Value, Just-In-Time, and Six Sigma have been used to create efficiencies and reduced total supply chain costs.  While these practices provide great insight into cost reduction, our professional consulting believes the next generation of supply chain management will include integrating sustainability concepts into traditional practices to evaluate risk and create value.