SUSTAINABILITY
integrated stack of tools that offers insight and untangles problems .
“ When I started in this industry 20 years ago , bits of kit were manufactured in factories , went through a forward supply chain , were sold through some sort of retail network , and then ended up in the bin or landfill after they had been used ,” explains OnProcess CEO Oliver Lemanski .
The circular supply chain acts as an antidote to this . Manufacturers and distributors recover products and parts from the field when no longer needed and repurpose them back into the value chain , either as raw materials for new products or as refurbished or remade new products .
And , because the service portion of supply is the point at which products and parts are identified as unnecessary , companies such as OnProcess are vital if the circular supply model is to gain traction sooner , rather than later .
product and part returns , while driving greater circularity into their service supply chains .”
Often , waste can run into tens of millions of pounds , dollars or euros and can be difficult to manage effectively . One example of waste running up costs is that of an OnProcess customer who is a leading provider of TV
Too many firms slow to join digital transformation party But Lemanski says many service supply chain firms have been slow to join the digitaltransformation party .
“ A typical service supply chain is a web of disconnected , manual processes managed by siloed departments ,” he says . “ It ’ s in desperate need of digitisation and automation .”
He adds : “ We give such businesses the ability to reimagine and automate processes on the fly – dramatically reducing costs , transforming the customer experience and helping our clients hit their sustainability targets .
“ Sustainability is in our mission . We help companies reduce carbon emissions by facilitating the use of local tracking , recycling or disposal offerings . We also help reduce the use of Earth ’ s resources by improving
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