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Green Logistics : Enablers for Sustainable Development
No full textLogistics is the backbone of industry
and commerce. As a discipline, it describes the management
and coordination of activities along supply chains. These
activities include freight transport, storage, inventory
management, materials handling and related information
processing. A large part of logistics activities are often
outsourced to specialized providers that provide
cost-effective services. Research has shown that, at least
in high income economies, the value of services is not
assessed in monetary and service quality terms alone. In
making decisions, logistics professionals are increasingly
taking into consideration external effects such as
emissions, pollution, noise, and accidents. 'Green
logistics' may not be an independent policy area.
Rather, the supply chain perspective provides a framework to
understand and deal with issues that are separate but
ultimately interrelated. Importantly, looking at supply
chains helps policy makers understand the interests and
actions of private sector operators. 'Green
logistics' may therefore propose a number of tools and
identify emerging sustainable solutions contributing to the
overarching objective of 'green growth.
Co-locatie in de logistiek
Full text linkDit boekje bevat een samenvatting van het proefschrift van ir. Frank van den Heuvel, getiteld Co-location in Logistics - Geography, Synergy, Policy . Het geeft een overzicht van de resultaten van onderzoek naar de ruimtelijke concentratie van logistieke bedrijven aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), uitgevoerd onder begeleiding van prof.dr. Peter de Langen, dr. Karel van Donselaar en prof.dr.ir. Jan Fransoo
Replication Data for: Trade credits and visit frequency: The role of order financing on logistics efficiency in the nanostore setting
No full textThis is supplemental materials of the paper:
Trade credits and visit frequency: The role of order financing on logistics efficiency in the nanostore setting
by Rafael Escamilla, Jan Fransoo and Marcos Mogollon, published in Journal of Operations Management (DOI: 10.1002/joom.1323
Replication package for the paper “Realizing supply chain agility under time pressure: Ad hoc supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic”
No full textSample of interview data conducted to understand supply chain agility in the frame of covid 19 PPE productio
Green network design and facility location
No full textGreen location models are an important alternative to reduce CO2 emissions in logistics, i.e., transportation, which is one of the main contributing factors to global carbon emissions and the sector with the highest growth. In this chapter, we discuss green facility location problems, i.e., a variant of facility location problems that specifically include the transport carbon emissions in the formulation. We review some fundamental location models (both analytical and discrete) and present managerial implications on the comparison between decisions obtained by a cost minimization and by green facility location models. Our results show that for the context of urban deliveries, cost minimization solutions tend to locate facilities closer to high-demand customers, while CO2 emission minimization solutions tend to locate facilities closer to customers that have truck accessibility constraints. In addition, we illustrate the disadvantages of using aggregate estimation models in green facility location models (i.e., assuming the same structure), for example, in companies interested in intermodal transportation, using aggregate models may result in an increase in CO2 emissions since the difference in parameters for transportation cost and CO2 emissions can lead to a completely different set of solutions for both objective functions.</p
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
Water risk assessment in supply chains
No full textSustainability has long been recognized as a fundamental practice in manufacturing. In recent years, firms have been devoting resources to reduce their carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, and water use. However, the problem of measuring and acting upon water risk in the supply chain has not yet been tackled in the literature. Unlike other environmental concerns, water risk is a local phenomenon that needs to be quantified at the catchment level. Thus, the impact of a production process cannot be location-agnostic and must be analyzed within its particular context—ideally at the production site level. Furthermore, recent trends in manufacturing (such as “local production”) are expected to put increased pressure in areas where regulations are lax and water risk is high (e.g., India, China). Such considerations should be taken into account within the context of supplier management processes. We introduce a hierarchical framework, using Monte Carlo Analytic Hierarchy Process (MCAHP), to aggregate relevant indicators into an index score designed to assess suppliers' water risk based on their location. Our framework distinguishes between strategic sourcing decisions and tactical supplier management. Thus, it supports two applications of particular importance for managers: the top down identification of regional-level water-risk and variability, and the bottom up supplier management at a raw-material level. We illustrate the application of our framework with a case study conducted within a business unit of Procter & Gamble (P&G), the global consumer products company; examining 1066 direct suppliers in over 75 countries. Our strategic sourcing analysis identifies 340 suppliers with high water-risk and singles out 3 countries in critical condition; experiencing high water-risk in addition to precarious conditions for civilian access to water. Additionally, our bottom up analysis identifies a single supplier of a water-intensive raw material that is expected to become critical in the coming years; thus enabling targeted supplier management from a water-stewardship perspective
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