Green Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare
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The half-semester graduate course in Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools and techniques required to analyze and design environmentally sustainable supply chain systems. Topics covered include: Closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics systems, carbon footprinting, life-cycle analysis and supply chain sustainability strategy.
Class sessions will combine presentations, case discussions and guest speakers. All students will work on a course-long team project that critically evaluates the environmental supply chain strategy of an industry or a publicly traded company. Grades will be based on class participation, case study assignments and the team project.
Syllabus
- Lecture 3: Reverse Logistics and Closing the Loop
- Lecture 4: Carbon Footprinting
- Lecture 10: Green Supply Chain Strategy
Taught by
Dr. Alexis Bateman, Dr. Edgar Blanco, and Prof. Anthony Craig