What is the Use Cases Solution?

The Use Cases Solution is a peer-to-peer learning feature that’s available on the Supplier Platform. This helpful solution is completely free of charge. Suppliers use it to showcase their best practices with other suppliers. By doing so, they also help to promote overall sustainable chemical management.

Any supplier or manufacturing facility in the textile and leather sector whose operations involve the use and/or discharge of chemical products can use the solution. If your facility is registered on the Supplier Platform, you can view and submit Use Cases.

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The benefits

By submitting Use Cases, a supplier can gain recognition, visibility and buyer’s interest. They can be used to describe the implementation of ZDHC guidelines such as The ZDHC Chemical Management System (CMS) Framework. This inspires others, while demonstrating leadership in bringing about positive change in the industry. In addition, those who publish Cases will be invited to our renowned conferences, where they can present their company to international brands and retailers.

Brands also benefit. Use Cases grow supplier engagement with the Supplier Platform and ZDHC. This helps brands to progress their own supply chain sustainability goals.

Benefits for Suppliers

  • Recognition for the use of best practices
  • Visibility amongst key stakeholders
  • Enhanced buyer interest

Benefits for Brands

  • Supports in pointing Suppliers in the right direction
  • Guides Suppliers to the Suppliers Platform, which incentivises their engagement with ZDHC

What kind of use cases can be submitted?

Use Cases showcase notable achievements and improvements in areas such as operations, or chemical use (e.g. overcoming challenges in implementing the ZDHC Chemical Management System). Even topics outside of the ZDHC guidelines can be covered. Have a look at the existing Public Use Cases on the Supplier Platform to get inspired!

What languages?

At the moment, cases can be submitted in English and Chinese (simplified).

How it works

Suppliers with Gateway login credentials can sign in to the Supplier Platform to access the Use Cases Solution.

Public Use Cases are freely accessible to suppliers registered on the Supplier Platform. They are not published on the ZDHC Gateway or Implementation HUB websites. Click 'Public Use Cases' in the Supplier Platform sidebar to get an overview of all available and approved cases. Just click on a case to view or download it.

How to submit a use case

Once a Use Case is submitted, the ZDHC team will review it. ZDHC will then publish it or contact you (via email) with any feedback for improvement.

Step 4

Once you have filled in the template, save it. You can add a company logo and images that illustrate your implementation / achievements. Please do not include any brand names, advertisements or product names or confidential information.

How to submit a use case

Once a Use Case is submitted, the ZDHC team will review it. ZDHC will then publish it or contact you (via email) with any feedback for improvement.

Step 4

Once you have filled in the template, save it. You can add a company logo and images that illustrate your implementation / achievements. Please do not include any brand names, advertisements or product names or confidential information.

After uploading a use case

Archiving

You can archive any published or submitted Use Case by clicking to move it to draft status.

Recovering

Archived Use Cases still show up in your ‘My Use Cases’ overview. To recover them, just re-submit.

Editing a use case

In the ‘My Use Cases’ overview, click the edit icon next to a Use Case. When editing a case that’s already submitted or published, pull it back into drafts first. After editing, submit it again.

Contacting a supplier

That will depend on whether the supplier has decided to share their contact details. They have the option to add them in the Use Cases Template.

Implementation efforts and payback time

If you find your peer's Use Case inspiring, you can also learn how much effort it took to implement. Implementation efforts refer to the time needed to realise the implementation.

Minimum:

Less than 1/2 day

Small:

Within a day

Medium:

Within a week

Needed external help:

Expert needed to make the implementation

What does payback period mean?

Payback period describes the time needed to achieve a return on investment:

Immediate:

0 - ­3 months

Short-term:

3 months - 1 year

Medium-term:

1 year - ­3 years

Long-term:

over ­3 years

Learn more

See how the Case Studies Solution can make a difference for your organisation. Contact the Implementation Hub team using our email

info@implementation-hub.org