Environmental Supply Chain Management In Nano Technology Based Industries

Environmental nanotechnologies have the possibility to contribute to economic growth and innovation while at the same time allowing sustainable development and protecting the environment. There is considerable commercial potential in environmental technologies because the development of innovative solutions to prevent and remediate pollution is needed to ensure sustainable development.This projected world market can be sub-divided into four principal sectors: Remediation, Protection, Maintenance, and Enhancement, of which remediation represent the fastest growing area, while maintenance and protection constitute the bulk of the remaining applications, and enhancement is the smallest sector. Present day filtration and purification plants used for supplying drinking water generally achieve only partial success because the active materials are of limited efficiency. However,because of their much greater specific surface area, nanoparticles are able to perform significantly more effectively as filtration media than larger particles with the same chemical composition.Companies and organizations involved in nanotechnology are intrinsically linked within the start of a much longer supply chain, as nano materials developers working with composites, ceramics and coatings require nano scale instrumentation and nano scale instrumentation developers require the scientific know how and equipment to manipulate and measure materials at an atomic level. Hence, It is only by understanding this supply chain that we can see where ‘traditional’ industries such as aerospace and automotive manufacture integrate and how, if at all, the supply chain is working together to solve business problems and provide market leadership for companies.A strategic issue therefore is to address the stage at which the relevant technology is added to the product and whether this becomes an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) process or whether the process can be reengineered to enable the nano supply chains to effectively engage with the OEM within the final stages of product assembly.By mapping nanotechnology supply chain, back from user demand, through technology developers to science initiators. Supply chain management providing a solution consisting of three parts, Supply Chain Planning: covers the demand flow and how companies, organizations, and units collaborate ,environmental risk of nano particles within supply chains.Supply Chain Execution: covers the flow of materials, products and services as well as informational and financial flows both upstream and downstream including enviro risk.Supply Chain Performance: supports the decision-making process along the supply chains