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August 20, 2010
Green Supply Chains Achieve Positive Results
By Doug Caverly
Going green is all the rage these days, with many environmentalists indicating that the planet will soon be a much less nice and hospitable place if the current pace of resource use and pollution is continued. But it's been proven that there are also solid financial reasons to make supply chains more green.

Consider the subject of saving gas. It means exhaust fumes won't dirty the air, but also means companies will spend less on fuel. As for how to achieve this goal, FedEx and UPS made sure their drivers waste less time in traffic by plotting out more efficient routes and asking them not to make left turns.

Or it's sometimes possible to make shipping containers lighter, perhaps increasing the speed at which trucks can be loaded and unloaded and decreasing the amount of weight they have to lug around.

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