Description

Theory/Practice
2

Laboratory
2

Instructors

António Amaral

Contents

SY1. Introduction to Sustainability
SY2. Overview of Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chains
SY3. Sustainable Projects, Products and Production
SY4. Circular Economy and its impacts on the value chain
SY5. Monitoring of environmental impacts in supply chains
SY6. Risk, Resilience and Corporate Social Responsibility
SY7. Physical Internet

Learning Outcomes

LO1. To know the concepts associated with sustainability and its future perspectives.
LO2. Identify the effects of Logistics and the Supply Chain on sustainability
LO3. To know and identify the mechanisms for business adjustment to sustainability in the functional and operational areas of supply, warehouse management, purchasing, and transport.
LO4. To know the concept of circular economy and identify its effects on the product life cycle, on the definition of reverse logistics, on the recycling policy
LO5. To Know the strategies and tradeoffs associated with the environmental impact analysis
LO6. Determine the main risks in supply chains and assess the main factors towards increasing resilience and corporate social responsibility
LO7. Understand and point out the main obstacles, challenges, and trends associated with the physical Internet.