SUSTANABLE WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

Submitted by
HARIHARAN B
1804305011
MBA 2nd YEAR
ITLM
IMU VIZAG
5 11 2019
DEFINITION

 Sustainable warehouse is about integrating, balancing and managing the economic,

environmental and social inputs and outputs of the warehouse operations.

 Sustainability is a core value to many businesses.

 Sustainable management of businesses is the roadmap to achieving the present needs of society

without compromising the opportunities of future generations .

Sustainable Warehouse Management
• The first step in transforming a company into a sustainable business is
to develop a sustainability vision and sustainability strategies that
include sustainability objectives.
• In order for business strategies to be successful, they need to be
derived from the organizational resources and experiences.
• Most warehousing and transportation companies have little regard
for the environmental impacts and social consequences.
• companies consider factors such as cost effectiveness and customer
satisfaction as the main performance indicators.
• Currently, the company’s distribution system is entirely dependent on the road transportation
network.

• Problem: Vehicle pollution is one of the biggest causes of environmental pollution.

• Solution: Thus in the effort towards becoming a sustainable business, the warehouse should be
located such that the pollution generated is minimized. This can be achieved by either locating
closer to the end users.

• Analyze sustainability key performance indicators determined from the critical success factors of
a sustainable warehouse.
• A sustainable warehousing company would not only have to consider the economic factors, such
as rent and operations costs, but also balance the social and environmental effects that occur
within the warehouse compound as well as its surrounding vicinity
Parameters were required to design a sustainable model

• Capital investment : to improve staff efficiency and reduce manual labor

• Number of employees : to ensure employees are not overworked

• Employee Training: to ensure high employee productivity and effectiveness and continuous up
skilling

• Carbon minimization: carbon credits, planting trees and air filtering

• Transportation decisions: various modes of transport have significant differences in carbon

emissions
sustainability scorecard
• It is to monitor the status of various key sustainability performance indicators.
• Some of the main tracking parameters includes,
• Cash flow,
• Warehouse utilization,
• Carbon emissions and minimizations,
• Order processing time,
• Employee job satisfaction,
• Social and environmental impacts on surrounding areas (e.g. nearby residents).
Warehouse Management Models
1. The Economic Model ,
2. The Environmental Model ,
3. The Social Model .
conclusion
• Sustainable business management and operations are a pre-requisite
for the transformation of existing businesses into sustainable ones.
REFERENCES
Sustainable Warehouse Management (RESEARCH PAPER)
Kah-Shien Tan1, M. Daud Ahmed2 and David Sundaram1
1 University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2 Manukau Institute of
Technology, New Zealand
ktan075@aucklanduni.ac.nz, Daud.Ahmed@manukau.ac.nz,
d.sundaram@auckland.ac.nz.
• Thank you to all my friends of MBA 2nd year
2018-2020 batch and Dr. J Durga Prasad