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Dell Sustainable

Sourcing Path

Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... Dell challenges...................................................................................................................................................... Dell approach and recognition.............................................................................................................................. Dell aftermath and other choices........................................................................................................................... Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................. References.............................................................................................................................................................

Secondly they have reduced the non- IT waste where they have reduced the waste which are generated externally such as packaging, at last they have established IT assets disposing at the end of the product life, so that the product can be reused at their dispense. These all changes help dell to foster innate self-belief of the change possibility and it can be started with identifying the key areas. They have established design thinking team process which is basically made to motivate the employees of the company to come and showcase their talent in the field of design to reduce the harmful substance use and designing eco-friendly products. Dell tied hands with suppliers, and outside experts for the same keeping in mind that these are people who can help them with internal as well as external support to help them achieve their objective successfully. Programmes such as closed-loop recycling, wheat straw boxes use in packaging, and advanced recycling and composability have helped them to ensure environment friendly standards to great extent. Dell aftermath and other choices This path not only dell is establishing the standards but now they have become the industry pioneer to guide the industry towards the same objective. They were accolated with many awards in the field of environment sustainability and even their supply chain is uniquely identified with dell Legacy of good[ CITATION Kei16 \l 1033 ]. Apart from it they have reduced the amount of volatile organic compound form their product by over 19% in notebooks and 57% in desktops and other hardware on annual basis. After the successful transformation of the products and achieving 2020 legacy of goods, dell has achieved the great deal of success in not only lowering their cost but even achieving quality standard of their product. They achieved over 92% efficiency in terms of the packaging, even their quality constraints were also taken in the industry including some of the practices this shows the success they have achieved with this. Dell could have even look for opportunities in field of transferring the facility in the lower develop region of the across the country in other parts of the world too, this will not only help sustaining their objective of sustainability but also revitalize the city. Using major parts of electricity through renewable sources is other way in which they can protect environment. Critically examining various parts used in buildings and changing them with ecological products such as light bulb, drinking bottles[ CITATION MAR13 \l 1033 ]. Inducing the less

transportation in terms of ordering, manufacturing, shipping and other supply chain can reduce the waste significantly and even doing most of assembly and manufacturing in-house can lower their cost as well as sustain the environment. Conclusion So dell has made sure that the world of technology also imbibe the environment sustainability culture and with their transformation in the manufacturing process, supply chain operations they have gained result significantly. They have taken some of the organizational change along with proactive measures with internal and external agents to ensure that the path towards the 2020 achieving the legacy of goods is intact.