Case Study: Collaborative Distribution Considering Economic and Environmental Performance

Vahid Mirzabeiki

• Editorial: Kogan Page
• Año: 2016
• ISBN:
  9780749475161
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Commerce
• Categoría: Gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement

Collaborative Distribution Considering Economic and Environmental Performance provides guidance on how to make the operations of a company more efficient and more eco-friendly. Aimed at students on logistics, operations and supply chain management courses, this case study demonstrates how to make the most of benefits associated with becoming green. Collaborative Distribution Considering Economic and Environmental Performance includes a series of logistics challenges which the reader is encouraged to resolve and offers tips for best practice. The author also analyses ways to exploit an enhanced reputation as a socially responsible company.Register for a Kogan Page account at check-out to access and download your PDF after purchasing. You'll also have an opportunity to sign up when receiving your purchase confirmation email.

CASE STUDY

LOGISTICS

Collaborative distribution considering economic and environmental performance

Vahid Mirzabeiki

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

dr vahid mirzabeiki is a Senior Research Fellow at the Supply Chain Research Centre of Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University.

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Introduction

Green logistics, as the integration of environmental thinking into all the processes of logistics and transportation of cargo through the distribution networks, is becoming increasingly important in the strategy planning of logistics companies. In the most developed countries, road is the dominant transport mode and therefore it shapes a significant part of the overall environmental impact of logistics.

Increasing the filling rate of trucks is a very effective sustainability improvement, as it can create both environmental and economic benefits for the performance of the companies. The environmental results of improving utilization of vehicles, ie by sending consolidated shipments...