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USE IL’S 3PL EXPERTS AND RECEIVE FREE NO OBLIGATION GUIDANCE AND ADVICE www.inboundlogistics.com/3pl FACING LOGISTICS CHALLENGES? USE IL’S 3PL EXPERTS AND RECEIVE FREE NO OBLIGATION GUIDANCE AND ADVICE www.inboundlogistics.com/3pl Sprint_(placed)ad.indd 1 5/15/13 11:28 AM CHECKINGIN Vol. 33, No. 6 June 2013 THEMAGAZINEFORDEMAND-DRIVENLOGISTICS www.inboundlogistics.com STAFF PUBLISHER Keith G. Biondo by Felecia Stratton | Editor [email protected] Editor Felecia J. Stratton [email protected] Managing Editor Catherine Overman [email protected] SENIOR WRITER Joseph O’Reilly [email protected] Getting Green, Going Lean Contributing Editors Merrill Douglas • Cindy Dubin Amy Roach Partridge • Deborah Ruriani reating a viable and sustainable green strategy can be a challenge for com- CREATIVE DIRECTOR Michael Murphy panies that want to be good corporate citizens, but also remain competitive. [email protected] C If customers are focused on price, how conscious is your green conscience SENIOR DESIGNER Mary Brennan when you need to drive out costs – at all costs? [email protected] Business DevelopmENT Manager, Digital mEDIA It’s a valid question in today’s economy as companies deliberate capital invest- Shawn Kelloway ments, sourcing strategies, and even requests for proposals. Do you choose the [email protected] lowest-cost transportation and logistics provider, or the one that costs more but Publication Manager Sonia Casiano offers green solutions? [email protected] PUBLISHING Assistant Jason McDowell It doesn’t have to be an either-or proposition. Countless companies have suc- [email protected] cessfully integrated sustainability objectives with sound business principles. Circulation Director Carolyn Smolin Inbound Logistics’ annual Lean and Green issue salutes these best-in-class cases. SALES OFFICES Our 75 Green Supply Chain Partners list (page 55) offers a sampling of logis- PUBLISHER: Keith Biondo tics leaders that have made sustainability a priority, and continue to push the needle (212) 629-1560 • FAx: (212) 629-1565 [email protected] in terms of innovation and execution. They “get green” – and are helping to bring West/MIdwest/SoUthwest: Harold L. Leddy more shippers and suppliers into the fold. (847) 446-8764 • FAx: (847) 305-5890 [email protected] Some shippers have taken their own green lead; Walmart chief among them. Marshall Leddy Sustainability and supply chain excellence are one and the same for the world’s (763) 416-1980 • FAx: (847) 305-5890 largest retailer. A green project needs to make good business sense to get the green [email protected] MIdwest/EconoMIc dEvELoPMEnt: Jim Armstrong light; in turn, a venture is only worth pursuing if it receives Walmart’s green thumbs (314) 984-9007 • FAx: (314) 984-8878 up. Follow Green Logistics the Walmart Way (page 49) for an updated view into [email protected] SoUtheast: Gordon H. Harper how the company created an organizational culture where sustainability permeates (404) 229-9691 • FAx: (404) 355-2036 all aspects of its supply chain, extending to its suppliers and customers as well. [email protected] Walmart has built a culture that integrates green into its business processes. In MoBILE, AL: Peter Muller (251) 343-9308 • FAx: (251) 343-9308 other cases, synergies are less apparent. [email protected] Merrill Douglas’ article, The Lean Supply Chain (page 40), demonstrates how noRtHEASt: Rachael Sprinz (212) 629-1560 • FAx: (212) 629-1565 shippers and service providers are incorporating Lean best practices into their oper- [email protected] ations to better match demand to supply, react faster to market change, reduce FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS inventory carrying costs, and eliminate waste. In principle, Lean doesn’t always www.inboundlogistics.com/free correlate with green. Carrying less inventory requires more frequent shipments of Inbound Logistics supports sustainable best practices. Our mission is rooted in helping smaller quantities, which increases transportation costs and carbon emissions. companies match demand to supply, eliminating waste from the supply chain. This magazine Demand-driven logistics practices, however, are a perfect focal point to inte- is printed on paper sourced from fast growth grate green with Lean, which helps reduce material and time waste, ensure more renewable timber. Inbound Logistics