In 2021, we have drafted a manifesto for a sustainable supply chain and our aim is to have a living document that we continuously enrich with the experiences and projects of our members.
We would like to open up our work to other reference associations that also work for the decarbonisation of the economy. In this context, exchanges have been initiated with "The Shift Project".
The climate emergency, coupled with the crisis of the covid, reveals the importance of decarbonising the energies produced and consumed, and of developing short energy circuits. Beyond the sense of history, there are the regulatory constraints linked to the challenges of sustainable investment and the energy needs of territories. This context, in the grip of ambitious European obligations to generalise green energy, places the supply chain as a producer and source of energy for the territories.
On 22 March, France Supply Chain organised a conference with LLC Avocats to find out how to take action on carbon energy issues. The objective of this conference was to go beyond the regulatory constraints by highlighting the environmental and economic benefits of energy projects with regard to the specificities of the Supply Chain.
From a BCG survey of 1,290 companies in 2021, we know that :
of organisations consider themselves concerned about reducing their emissions
are able to measure their emissions comprehensively
have reduced their emissions in line with their stated ambitions over the last five years
More broadly, respondents to this study estimate an average error rate of 30-40% in the measurement of their emissions.
Following the publication of the 6th IPCC report and the ambitions shared by The Shift Project in their Plan for the Transformation of the French Economy, it is clear that organisations are not up to the challenge.
To carry out this project, we are launching a survey to assess the impact of companies. The more people who participate, the more we can move forward together on low carbon best practice.
In a context of ever-increasing competitive pressure, the supply chain must transform itself to become more integrated and digital, and thus gain in agility and resilience. Increasing productivity and competitiveness are key objectives that the supply chain must achieve.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is therefore becoming a major challenge for the supply chain in order to automate time-consuming processes (data entry, master data management, sending documents, etc.). This automation frees up time for operators and guarantees the integrity of data, time that can be reinvested in higher value-added tasks such as those geared towards customer satisfaction. RPA can be implemented in all companies, from SMEs to multinationals, and in all sectors of activity.
Heavy goods vehicles are known to produce the majority of the negative externalities linked to carbon emissions. For several years now, companies have been striving to adopt more responsible solutions in order to make their supply chain greener.
Hydrogen is becoming one of the most studiedalternative energies for the creation of clean vehicles for goods transport. As it is not used enough, there are many questions about its functioning, its deployment prospects, its advantages, its obstacles...
On 16 February, France Supply Chain and France Hydrogène organised an event to answer all these questions. Several speakers met in order to inform and accompany the actors of the supply chain of goods transport wishing to engage or already working on the topic of the electric truck with hydrogen for goods transport.
During this event, the Mobilité Hydrogène France group of France Hydrogène presented its White Paper dedicated to the deployment of the electric hydrogen truck in France.
In collaboration with My Job Glasses, France Supply Chain invites you to help young people discover your profession and find their way. On a voluntary basis, we propose that you become a mentor to help young people see their future more clearly.
Europe's leading mentoring tool that connects young people aged 15 to 30 with 52,000 professionals from over 3,000 companies. The aim is to enable young people to discover the reality of professions, to project themselves into career paths and to develop a network through meetings with passionate and committed mentors.
To help young people find their way by talking to them in all simplicity about your daily life, your missions and your career path, to give a concrete vision of your profession to students who have questions. It's also a good way to introduce them to our sector: the supply chain.
You can have a real impact with very little time. No need to travel, the student comes to you via the My Job Glasses platform to arrange a meeting by videoconference or on the premises.
For those who register, we will organise an onboarding session to guide and support you in your role as mentor.
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Making businesses even stronger and more resilient. This is the objective of the European taxonomy introduced in 2020. It is defined through a classification of so-called "green" economic activities. Luca Silipo, head of GEODIS and creator of the GEODIS WorldLab, provides an overview and explanation.
A complex but essential subject since its introduction in 2020, the European taxonomy aims to provide financial incentives for the sustainable transition of EU-based companies and provides them with a framework to position themselves at the forefront of the fight against climate change. Requiring a significant accounting effort, they concern companies with more than 500 employees that are already obliged to communicate on their extra-financial reporting and require them to specify the share of their turnover, investments and expenditure in so-called "green" activities.
While the supply chain is more than ever in the spotlight, it is increasingly being criticised for its environmental, societal and economic impact. Companies must urgently improve their control of this complex network of interdependencies in which and thanks to which they operate and develop their activities.
Produced in partnership with Arts et Métiers, France Supply Chain and AMRAE, this barometer analyses the challenges faced by companies in the aeronautics, automotive, luxury goods/distribution and services sectors in the face of these risks and sheds light on the areas of work to improve their resilience.
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After a first meeting in 2020, France Supply Chain organised a second webinar on RPA on 19 January, with FM Logistic and Groupe Avril. A look back at some concrete examples of how the technology has been used.
On 19 January, the Digital LAB of France Supply Chain, led by Anne-Brigitte Spitzbarth, VP Operations Excellence and Sustainability of Gefco, launched its first 2022 webinar on RPA with the aim of revealing concrete cases of implementation of the solution.
To kick it off, Virginie Fongond, Head of Optimisation and Automation Projects at FM Logistic explains how the logistics company has taken on the subject through a holistic approach. After three years of deployment and a first POC at the end of 2018, it has a portfolio of more than 330 automation projects, 141 of which are currently in production. It has already saved 16,000 hours since December 2020, i.e. a saving of 300,000 euros and as much time reallocated to higher value-added tasks.
