Reprint
Tools, Methodologies and Techniques Applied to Sustainable Supply Chains
Edited by
February 2020
296 pages
- ISBN978-3-03928-318-7 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03928-319-4 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Tools, Methodologies and Techniques Applied to Sustainable Supply Chains that was published in
Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
Supply chains are currently globalized and companies operate internationally owing to the fact that raw materials, production processes, and the consumption of the final products are carried out in different countries. This implies high material and information flow, which incurs high costs associated with the supply chain and logistics, sometimes up to 60% of the total cost of the product. Therefore, companies seek to optimize their resources to reduce these costs and improve sustainability in a globalized market. This book, entitled Tools, Methodologies and Techniques Applied to Sustainable Supply Chains, contains 15 chapters that report case studies applied to industrial and service sectors. The authors come from areas such as Mexico, Colombia, Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, China, and Australia. They indicate how managers make use of tools and techniques to solve problems associated with supply chains to reduce their cost and remain competitive. A great effort has been made to analyze this problem, and the methodologies are clearly described here to facilitate the reproducibility of each technique and tool. This was done in the hope that hoping that they may one day be applied in more companies.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
tire waste management; reverse logistics; green logistics; Mexico; Russia; remanufacturing; closed-loop supply chain; warranty decision; contract coordination; supply chain innovation; systematic review; social network analysis; collaboration; attributes; green manufacturing; benefits; green supply chain; sensitivity analysis; sustainability; genetic algorithm; layout planning; model; sustainable manufacturing; environmental assessment tool; green lean; pallet management strategy; reusable handling system; closed-loop network; what-if analysis; environmental impact; electricity markets; alpha-stable distribution; alpha-stable regression; electricity prices; waste management; residue collection; urban logistics; design of territories; supply chain management; hospital supply chain; sustainable supply chain; hospital logistics; hospital sustainability; healthcare logistics; sustainable hospital management; Sugarcane Crop Residues (SCRs); cogeneration; optimization of bioenergy supply chain decisions; delivering products; travel time uncertainty; fuzzy logic; fuzzy linear programming; urban road network; reliability; green supplier selection; contract farming; life cycle assessment; environmental collaboration; multi-objective optimization; agro-food supply chain; system dynamics; systems thinking; causal models; healthcare services; bearability; sustainability; MIPL; VRP; star network; optimal plant location