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Green facility location
No full textTransportation is one of the main contributing factors of global carbon emissions, and thus, when dealing with facility location models in a distribution context, transportation emissions may be substantially higher than the emissions due to production or storage. Because facility location models define the configuration of deliveries, green location models become an important alternative to reduce CO2 emissions in logistics.\u3cbr/\u3eThis chapter presents a variety of green location models that include the estimation of carbon emissions. It also provides basic guidelines in understanding these models in comparison with cost minimization models
Introduction
No full textPlanning and scheduling play an important role in performance enhancement in any operation. This has probably been best recognized in industry, where a wide range of software applications have been developed to support decision makers with decisions such as machine scheduling, forecasting, inventory control, and sales & operations planning
Sustainable supply chains: introduction
No full textInternational audienceAs firms become progressively more tightly coupled in global supply chains, rather than being large vertically integrated monoliths, risks and opportunities associated with activities upstream or downstream, will increasingly impinge upon their own wellbeing. For a firm to thrive, it is increasingly imperative that it be aware of economic, environmental and social dimensions of the entire supply chain it belongs to, and that it proactively monitor and manage those. Finding efficient solutions towards a more sustainable supply chain is increasingly important for managers, but clearly this raises difficult questions, often without clear answers. In this introductory chapter, we first provide some insights on what does ``sustainable supply chains'' mean. Then, we review the main reasons that motivated us to assemble this book at this particular point in time. In a third section, we discuss the five main underlying principles we adopted in designing this book. Finally, we propose some insights on the future of sustainable supply chains. © 2017, Yann Bouchery, Charles J. Corbett, Jan C. Fransoo, and Tarkan Tan
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