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JOS VAN HILLEGERSBERG:
Supply chains

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consist of all the
activities needed

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to produce and distribute
products to the end consumer.

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Increasingly, also, the reuse
and returns of products,

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and the actual use of
products, is important.

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Supply chains consist
of many organisations,

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often crossing multiple
country borders.

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As such, supply chains
can be highly complex.

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Global trends, such
as growing population,

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scarcity of energy,
scarcity of raw materials,

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new consumer demands,
new regulations,

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they all ask to reorganise
our supply chains.

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Fortunately, we have a
lot of technologies now

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that allow us to innovate
our supply chains

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and to make them
more sustainable.

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This free online
course is about making

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supply chains more sustainable,
using new technologies.

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My name is Jos
van Hillegersberg.

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I'm a professor at the
University of Twente.

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We work together with
industry and partner knowledge

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institutions around the world to
research new ways of organising

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supply chains.

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Our state of the art research
in information technology

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and business are facilities,
such as the design

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lab, entrepreneurial campus,
and business and science park,

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and close links to
industry allow us

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to pioneer innovations
in supply chains.

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In this course, we will learn
about what supply chains are,

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what the challenges
are, and how we

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can use new technologies to make
supply chains more sustainable.

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We will look at case studies
from different industries,

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such as construction
and the food industry

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and learn from these examples.

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After following this
course, you will

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have a better understanding
of the supply chain concepts

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and the ways in which
new technologies can help

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us to innovate supply chains.

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I invite you to join
this course and hope

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you will join us to become
an innovator in achieving

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more sustainable supply
chains around the world.

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