With corporate sustainability becoming a serious issue, the telecom sector has been experiencing tremendous pressure for reducing carbon footprints. It has become a challenge for the decision makers in the industry as to how to pursue eco-friendly business practices, while still remaining competitive. The newly released Trade Wings report can come to help of the Telecom carriers and OEMs seeking to strike a balance between corporate sustainability and business model innovation. The report discussed about many advantages of reuse optimization for the telecommunication firms.
With continuous use, the telecom equipments commonly start losing their energy efficiencies. Often the firms are clueless about what to do with the equipments, as they cease to work with maximum efficiency. Often the firms do not have any well planned strategy regarding the decommissioning of theses excess equipments. The asset then become susceptible to a traditional reverse logistics process that could have it stranded or abandoned in a warehouse consuming energy, shipped from one location to the next without a plan, melted down as scrap, or worse. With a proper and profitable Reuse Optimization plan in place, organizations can extend their end-to-end efforts to develop greener products. These companies are in the need of programs that would ensure more intelligent reuse, resale and recycling of network assets.
Trade Wings, which is known worldwide for its Reuse Optimization technology and acts as consulting and outsourcing partner to the world's largest telecommunications OEMs and carriers, recently announced the availability of a new report for Telecom carriers and OEMs. The report highlights on the impact of Reuse Optimization on advancing commitments to the intersection of corporate sustainability and business model innovation. The report was released to mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
The report stated that with a core tenant of consolidated visibility into post-production material flows and more intelligent, prescriptive asset dispositioning, best-practice frameworks are proven to increase the efficiency with which an organization's supply network reuses new or used network components, resells obsolete inventory, and responsibly recycles electronic material at the end of its useful life.
'Today's emphasis on corporate sustainability has created a sizable challenge for Telecom executives who must balance expectations for more eco-friendly business practices with the pressures of an increasingly competitive marketplace. For carriers and OEMs in a position to make the highest and best use of their network equipment, environmental stewardship represents a tremendous opportunity to improve cash flow, market share and streamlined regulatory compliance,' Todd Adelman, CEO and Founder of Trade Wings, observed.
'As we continue to identify new ways in which to make the Telecom industry more friendly to the environment, we should recognize that a failure to optimize the reverse logistics process can undo a lot of the terrific work being done to develop and manufacture more energy-efficient telecommunications equipment. Sound Reuse Optimization strategies provide carriers and OEMs with the information and visibility necessary to maximize the value of each and every asset,' Adelman concluded.
Madhubanti Rudra is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Alice Straight
