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Advocating for Sustainable Supply Chain Management in South Florida

Join Alex Sommers, an ISM-South Florida representative, in promoting responsible buying practices to protect the fragile shoreline environment. Learn about the impacts of container shipping and problematic packaging on reefs and beaches, and support efforts for damage mitigation and reef regeneration projects. Engage with SCM professionals to raise awareness and advocate for sustainable practices.

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Advocating for Sustainable Supply Chain Management in South Florida

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  1. Alex Sommers: Presentation Business Representative: ISM-South Florida

  2. Supply Chain Management……….. • Buys stuff………….. • - Of the desired/required quality • - With the required delivery/quantity schedule • - At the right price……. Via negotiated contract • - And with RELIABILITY…….. “it will happen” • And buying stuff is huge; manufacturers, for example, now buy 60% of the content of their products

  3. Professional Societies in SCM • * ISM………Institute for Supply Management…..47,000 members, six chapters in Florida, ISM-South Florida is the local chapter www.ISM.ws …..started by purchasing managers 50 years ago • * APICS……American Production and Inventory Control Society…….. 37,000 members, 200 in South Florida, www.apics.org …… started by factory managers and schedulers after WW2 • * CSCMP….Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals…….8500 members, logistics origin

  4. SCM professionals are………….. • * Typically unaware of environmental impacts of buying decisions • * Price-driven and hence advocates for port and air cargo expansions: eg., PortMiami and Port Everglades. • * Generating huge packaging volumes which may or may not be re-cycled, and may create problems[wood pallets] • * Unaware of South Florida reef conditions and looming threats from commerce expansions

  5. Goals would be…………… • * Create awareness in SCM community of shoreline fragility and importance of reefs and beaches • * Have SCM professionals consider impacts of increased container shipping and problematic packaging recyclability on the shoreline environment • * Seek support from SCM community for damage mitigation efforts and reef regeneration projects • ……………….. All of which means more communication with SCM professional groups for education and advocacy purposes

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