MMM267 - Cleanaway Waste Management Supply Chain Analysis 2018

This report critically analyzes the supply chain issues relevant to Cleanaway Waste Management Limited, focusing on transportation risks, freight billing inefficiencies, and social and environmental impacts. It discusses the dangers of radiation emissions during waste transportation, potential accidents during handling, and challenges in freight billing due to human errors and insufficient data. The report explores strategies based on resource-based and relational exchange theories to address these issues, including waste segregation, brokerage services, freight auditing, and the use of freight audit providers. Recommendations are provided for dealing with social and environmental impacts, such as implementing automated control systems and utilizing cloud-based software solutions for invoice management. This analysis aims to provide actionable insights for improving Cleanaway's supply chain practices and mitigating associated risks. Desklib provides a platform for students to access past papers and solved assignments.

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Executive Summary
The primary purpose of this report is to elaborate on the supply chain issues in relation to
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited. It also elucidates on the strategies that the
organization can make use of for dealing with the issues in the company. The report also
provides recommendations that can help the company in dealing with the social along with
the environmental impacts.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Supply Chain Issues in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited..............................................3
Strategies of organisation to deal with issues............................................................................5
Recommendations for dealing with social and the environmental impacts...............................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Supply chain management refers to the managing of flow of goods along with
services that involves movement and the storage of the raw materials. It is indicative of
planning and the execution pertaining to supply chain activities that can help in the creation
of net value for a company. Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is the name of total
waste management along with environmental services company within Australia
(Cleanaway.com.au. 2018). The company has been instrumental in delivering solutions that
offers benefits to the customers along with the communities. This report discusses about
supply chain issues that rises within Cleanaway Waste Management Limited. The report also
elaborates on the strategies that can help the organization in dealing with the issues. The
report also provides recommendations regarding how the supply chain practices of
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited can deal with social and the environmental impacts.
Supply Chain Issues in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is instrumental in providing recycling along
with industrial services and it has a network of the recycling facilities and the transfer
stations. Cleanaway offers the customers the opportunity of collecting, processing and
disposing of any kind of waste. The supply chain issue faced by Cleanaway Waste
Management Limited is in relation to transportation of the company. The radiations are often
emitted from the wastes that endangers the lives of the workers and the people. The company
is also involved in recycling of hydrocarbons and waste streams related to health care
(Christopher 2016). There are packages that can help in shielding around 99 percent of the
emitted radiation but it has been found that gamma rays escape from that of interior of
packages that harms the life of the common people. The emission of the radiation that comes
out from the transportation package would have detrimental effects on the health of the

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individual. The transportation of the wastes of Cleanaway Waste Management Limited
results in the loss of the social well-being of the individuals in the society. It gives rise to
anxiety along with associated illness which threatens the lives of the individuals in the
society. The supply chain issue that arises in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited are
owing to the accidents that are caused at the time of waste handling process. The material is
often spilled at the time of transportation that is instrumental in creation of hazards (Monczka
et al. 2015). The transportation issue in the supply chain of the company is created owing to
lack of adequate co-operation that jeopardises the lives of the people. The leakage occurs at
the time of transportation that can create dangers for the lives of the people. The supply chain
issue pertaining to transportation arises in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited owing to
insufficient number in relation to transportation facilities that affects the frequency in relation
to waste collection from market along with dumping sites (Jacobs, Chase & Lummus
2014). Delay often occurs in transportation of the solid waste from the collection point to
dumping sites that paves the path for problems for community living around the markets.
The supply chain issue that Cleanaway Waste Management Limited has to face is in
relation to freight billing that creates the ground for unnoticed leaks in the revenue of the
company. A freight bill has detailed information regarding transportation of the goods along
with contact information in relation to shipper along with the receiver. Creating freight bill is
of grave significance for the transportation process of a business. It serves as guide for carrier
and it helps in understanding expectations of shipper (Hugos 2018). The traditional process
is followed in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited that is instrumental in creating human
errors for the company. The supply chain issue that the company has to face in relation to
freight billing is the improper recording of the fuel costs that creates challenges for the
company. The dearth of the aspect of auditing creates complications and gives rise to errors
for the company. The information that is in the freight bills is insufficient and this gives rise

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to errors for the company. The data refinery system is not upto the standard in Cleanaway
Waste management Limited that creates issues for the company. The programs are not
automated in relation to freight billing and this necessitates the need for human intervention.
The human intervention in the process of supply chain is responsible for creating errors that
threatens the reputation of the company (Boonjing, Chanvarasuth and Lertwongsatien 2015).
There are issues that rise on account of front end of that of the contracting process. There
exist bad process pertaining to logistics in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited that leads
the path for errors pertaining to invoice. The shippers of the company fail to standardize the
contract terms and this creates challenges for the company. The data of the company is often
missing and this is an important reason why the company faces challenges the arena of
freight billing of the waste products (Fahimnia, Sarkis and Davarzani 2015).
Strategies of organisation to deal with issues
The resource based theory in relation supply chain management talks about the
elements of rationality along with trust. It can help in the creation of mutually benefit
relationship that can serve both the company and the consumers of the company. Based on
this theory, there are various strategies that have been undertaken by Cleanaway Waste
Management Limited so that it can successfully deal with the issues in relation to supply
chain. The company can place the waste in a place that is deep and within a stable geological
setting that can be helpful in preventing the radiation coming out of the waste. Careful
techniques are practised in Cleanaway Waste Management Limited and the company can
segregate the contaminated from that of the non-contaminated material that can prove to be
useful for the company in dealing with the transportation issues. Brokerage services can be
used by the company that can help in providing consolidation for the small generators
(Brandenburg et al. 2014). The brokers can provide the company with economical treatment
in relation to large quantity of the waste. The company can take care of the two aspects of

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incineration along with super compaction that can help in the aspect of waste management of
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited. Transfer stations should be distributed throughout
the town that can help in the aspect of managing the supply chain issue in Cleanaway Waste
Management Limited. The routes of the waste collection vehicle should be properly planned
that can help the company in managing the supply chain issues related to waste. The solid
wastes should be properly labelled that can help the company in dealing with the issues
related to transportation (Mangan, Lalwani and Lalwani 2016). These labels can help in
making the workers aware that special handling is required for handling these kind of wastes.
There should be proper colouring on the labels that can help the company in dealing with the
aspect of radiation coming out from the wastes. The company should isolate contamination at
source by making use of seal samples and fame hood that can help the company in dealing
with the aspect of cross contamination (Wang et al. 2016). The company should take proper
measures to separate the radioactive from that of the radioactive work area that can prove to
be useful for company in dealing with supply chain issues. The company should be careful in
following established laboratory procedure that can help the company in dealing with the
aspect of radiation from the waste materials.
Relational exchange theory focusses on the idea of the embeddedness that states that
the parties act on the basis of certain norms. It gives importance on the aspect of soft control
mechanism that helps in attenuating the aspect of opportunism. On the basis of this theory,
freight auditing can be carried out at Cleanaway Waste Management Limited that can help
the company in optimizing the aspect of transportation management. The consistent audits
carried out can help in ruling out the aspect of overbilling and it can help the company in
selecting the efficient carriers. It can prove to be fruitful for the company in choosing
transportation strategy that can work for the benefit of the company (Fredendall and Hill
2016). The company can take recourse to freight audit provider that can help it in working its

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work in the efficient manner. It can help in supporting the needs of the company in the global
arena and it can help in increasing the value added service of the company. This process can
prove to be useful in auditing invoices and it can enhance business process around that of
freight cost settling. It can prove to be useful in the aspect of contract implementation, issue
resolution and that of invoice reception (Dahlbo et al. 2015). The audit platform will be able
to help Cleanaway Waste management Limited in getting insight regarding accruals and
getting idea about status of transport. The freight audit service can help in mitigating the
transportation cost of the company. The high fluctuations pertaining to fuel costs requires the
proper auditing that helps in taking care of the fact that the company does not overpay the
services that it has not incurred (Lohri, Camenzind and Zurbrügg 2014). The company can
outsource the freight audit process to that of audit specialists that can act to the benefit of
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited. Freight invoice consolidation can be useful for the
bottom line of the company and it can help in the elimination of account payable pay work. It
can help in the mitigation of fraud and enable the aspect of document withdrawal. It can help
the company Cleanaway Waste Management Limited in getting 24/7 access to that of weekly
freight invoice that can act to the benefit of the company.
Recommendations for dealing with social and the environmental impacts
 The company can make use of automated control system that can help the company in
dealing with the aspect of waste management. The automation practice in Cleanaway
Waste Management Limited can help the company in increasing the productivity. It
can help the company in efficient using of the materials that can help the company in
managing waste in a successful manner. The automated system can increase the
efficiency of supply chain of the company and it can help the company in getting
greater control over that of the logistics process of the company (Bong et al. 2017). It
can help in taking care of the safety of the workers and it can play an important role in

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safeguarding the workers. Automation in the arena of supply chain of Cleanaway
Waste Management Limited can help the company in reducing the manual work of
the labourers that can be useful for the employees of Cleanaway Waste Management
Limited. The treatment facilities of the company should be supported by the
laboratories that can help in the aspect of recovery of liquid hazardous waste.
 Cleanaway Waste Management Limited can make use of software solution that is
cloud-based that can help in the aspect of receiving the invoices electronically from
the suppliers. It can be useful in providing e-invoicing benefit for the suppliers. It can
help in the process of accelerated invoice receipt and help in tracking the aspect of
invoice status of the vehicles. It can help in eliminating the lost invoices thus reducing
potential in relation to delayed payment. The company will thus be able to support
“green” sustainability goals that can be useful in taking care of the environment
(Medvedev et al. 2015). It can be useful in providing the company with routing maps
of the real time vehicles that can be useful for the company. The company will be able
to carry out intelligent business reporting that would be able to help the company in
making profits. The employees of the company would be able to take the advantage of
intuitive customer dashboard that can help the company.
Conclusion
Supply chain management is indicative of flow of the goods which involves
movement of raw materials. It involves the planning pertaining to supply chain activities that
can create net value for company. The company faces issues in relation to transportation that
acts like a barrier for the company. Radiation emitted threatens the lives of the workers along
with people. The company has to face challenges in relation to freight bill that contains
information about transporting goods. The company can take the help of automated control
system which can prove to be useful for company in dealing with that of waste management.

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The company can use the software solutions which can help company in receiving invoices in
an electronic manner from suppliers.

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