Sustainable Supply Chain Optimizer
Description
The Sustainable Supply Chain Optimiser generates optimised supply chain plans for multi-stage networks by simultaneously minimising cost, carbon emissions, and lead times while satisfying physical constraints. The service integrates sustainability metrics — including energy consumption and CO2 emissions per supplier and transportation mode — alongside traditional cost and service level objectives, helping organisations meet sustainability targets without compromising operational efficiency.
More about the service
Business Need
Supply chain networks face growing pressure from rising energy costs, carbon regulations, and ESG reporting requirements. Multi-objective optimisation balancing cost, emissions, and lead times across complex networks with multiple suppliers, facilities, and transportation modes cannot be handled effectively by manual planning or single-objective approaches. The service provides transparent sustainability-cost trade-off analysis to support strategic and tactical supply chain decisions.
Key Performance Indicators
Multi-objective improvement: ≥10% improvement in at least one metric (cost, emissions, lead time) without degrading others beyond acceptable trade-offs
Solution feasibility: feasible solutions for ≥75% of planning scenarios with clear infeasibility explanation otherwise
Scenario adaptability: ease of reconfiguring for different objectives or network configurations
Data Provided
Optimised supply chain plan: supplier selections, order quantities, transportation modes, inventory levels, delivery schedules
Performance metrics: total cost, carbon emissions, delivery performance (on-time %), service level achievement
Inputs: supplier network (locations, lead times, costs, emission factors, capacity), demand data (products, quantities, due dates)