Tools, Methodologies and Techniques Applied to Sustainable Supply Chains

• Main Author: García-Alcaraz, Jorge Luis (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: closed-loop supply chain; sensitivity analysis; hospital supply chain; genetic algorithm; systems thinking; cogeneration; urban logistics; VRP; green logistics; pallet management strategy; model; design of territories; contract farming; star network; alpha-stable regression; alpha-stable distribution; sustainability; sustainable supply chain; closed-loop network; optimal plant location; system dynamics; contract coordination; green supplier selection; residue collection; supply chain management; remanufacturing; social network analysis; hospital logistics; environmental collaboration; fuzzy linear programming; MIPL; agro-food supply chain; green lean; benefits; travel time uncertainty; layout planning; supply chain innovation; sustainable manufacturing; reliability; environmental impact; warranty decision; hospital sustainability; healthcare logistics; Russia; Sugarcane Crop Residues (SCRs); optimization of bioenergy supply chain decisions; what-if analysis; reusable handling system; environmental assessment tool; green supply chain; green manufacturing; waste management; bearability; life cycle assessment; electricity markets; fuzzy logic; urban road network; reverse logistics; electricity prices; systematic review; tire waste management; healthcare services; collaboration; Mexico; sustainable hospital management; delivering products; attributes; multi-objective optimization; causal models
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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.