Efficient Management of Sustainable Supply Chains

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development is dependent on significant improvement in supply chain resource utilization and efficiency. Following recent developments in supply chain management and environmental policy integration, it is clear that a holistic approach is essential to face new challenges in the current market, as well as in society. Profitable opportunities to improve resource use efficiency throughout the supply chain have to be properly highlighted by companies to support the adoption of more sustainable models. The reduction of waste by-products along the whole supply chain will allow companies to achieve a double benefit in terms of disposal costs and environmental impact reduction. Sustainable supply chain involves the re-design and management of traditional supply chains to take into account economic, social, and environmental performance dimensions in organizational planning and decision-making. Decision support systems that provide effective and innovative solutions for solving new problems that involve conflicting and multiple objectives could help the decision makers to improve the management of a sustainable supply chain.
This Special Issue is intended to present a collection of significant contributions that describe recent advances in the varied field of supply chain management toward economic, environmental, and social sustainability. In this regard, methods and support-decision tools, as well as an advanced approach, can aid the design and management of more sustainable operations throughout processing, storage, and distribution activities.
Research papers on theory, methods, and modeling with methodologies including mathematical modeling and conceptual framework formulation, as well as on applications and case studies, are all welcome.

Prof. Maria Grazia Gnoni
Prof. Giada La Scalia
Dr. Rosa Micale
Guest Editors

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