{"id":2799,"date":"2023-02-09T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucianoattolico.it\/blog\/economic-and-human-sustainability-in-the-supply-chain-is-digitization-enough\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T10:52:19","slug":"economic-and-human-sustainability-in-the-supply-chain-is-digitization-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucianoattolico.it\/en\/blog\/economic-and-human-sustainability-in-the-supply-chain-is-digitization-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic and Human Sustainability in the Supply Chain. Is digitization enough? <\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an increasingly competitive world, companies must do everything to stay ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n\n

Many companies rightly see digitization<\/strong> as one of the ways to do this, as it enables them to optimize the supply chain while reducing costs<\/strong> and increasing productivity<\/strong>. Above all, because the time associated with finding and processing data is reduced and as a result a number of transactional decisions and operations along the entire value chain are expedited. <\/p>\n\n

However, digitization alone is not enough to ensure human, economic and supply chain<\/strong> sustainability.<\/p>\n\n

To achieve a sustainable supply chain, it is still increasingly necessary to eliminate the waste <\/strong>that lurks within the organization, in management processes and often in the “unsustainable” way of thinking of many people. We know from the literature that any activity that does not add value to the final product or service is considered waste.<\/p>\n\n

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Speaking of waste, we cannot remain indifferent to the staggering figures<\/strong> of waste in the queen of Supply Chains: the food chain. According to theUNEP Food Waste Index<\/strong> 2021<\/strong><\/a>, some 931 million tons of food waste<\/strong> were generated in 2019, coming to the conclusion that 17 percent of global food production is in fact not used and becomes, therefore, waste. In the European Union alone, 10% of all food produced is not used, it is wasted. Paradoxical, if we think that at the same time, again in Europe, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every other day. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Causes of waste in production<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Among the causes<\/strong> of this waste we can find factors related to improper supply chain management:<\/p>\n\n