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5 Tactics for Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Lean, Mean, Green Machine

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Making your supply chain green requires integrating multifaceted environmental concerns relating to product design, materials sourcing, manufacturing, transportation, and end-of-life product and resource management. Transportation. Implementing green procurement practices can seem overwhelming.

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Tuk-tuk: funny name, but: Real transportation

The Lean Supply Chain

Sri Lanka India, and several other countries have banned the high-emission engines or have initiated a conversion to cleaner fuel alternatives such as liquid propane or natural gas. Unfortunately, tuk-tuks contribute more than their share of pollution in large, Asian cities.