Supply Chain Sustainability with Circularity to Drive Profitability Workshop

Circularity is a methodology to reduce risk by eliminating waste and pollution in your supply chain. Therefore, it is critical to understand circularity and the work you can do today on your supply chains; it is meant for tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 suppliers and manufacturers alike.

Who should attend

• Individuals who are active in supply chain improvement projects or the implementation of supply chain systems.
• Sustainability managers who want to include supply chains in their organization’s sustainability targets.
• Operations, production, and manufacturing professionals interested in circularity principles.
• Organisations looking to implement zero waste goals.
• EHS professionals who want to remove hazardous substances from their facilities.
• Procurement, transportation, logistics, distribution, and warehouse professionals concerned about packaging waste.
• Suppliers, distributors, inventory professionals, and individuals curious about how to implement circularity.

Program benefit

• Understand end-to-end processes and how to set science-specific sustainability targets.
• Plan and strategize circularity as a multi-year goal.
• Create a systematic approach for repeatable results in multiple locations and years.
• Positively influence the organizations' sustainability message through team building.

Learning Outcomes

• Effectively use Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) to find sustainable targets in your value chain.
• Organizational process maps to define your circularity target.
• Processes at the job level for repeatable results and cross-functional teams to get the most out of the targets.
• Measure success with the quality matrix approach.
• Circularity maximizes the value generated by the supply chain.
• Circularity as an order winner in your value chain.

Program Outline

Module 1: Creating Circularity

• Introduction to Circularity
• Life Cycle Thinking (LCT)
• Introduction to the process mapping approach
• Developing Process Maps
• Establishing job-specific KPIs
• Implementation of a maturity matrix

Module 2: Bringing Circularity to Organizations

• Creating a cross-functional team
• Target ranking to find the highest priorities
• Imbedding sustainability into the organization’s strategic objectives
• Quantifying the value created
• Competition as an order qualifier
• Circularity as your order winner

Workshop Dates & Duration

30 Apr - 16 May 2024

Classes are conducted twice a week (Tuesday & Thursday), 10 am to 1 pm Sydney Time, totaling 18 training hours. Participants will join the training via ZOOM. Participants will earn 18 CPD points for certification maintenance.