1. Creating a Green Supply Chain.
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Khoo, Hsien H., Bainbridge, Ian, Spedding, Trevor A., and Taplin, David M.R.
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SUPPLY chains ,SIMULATION methods & models ,DECISION making ,ENERGY conservation - Abstract
Presents a case study of a supply chain that is concerned with the distribution of aluminium metal, starting from raw material from a metal supplier to a casting plant, billets from the casting plant to the component producer, and, finally, die-cast components from the component producer to the market. Creation of a green supply chain by integrating the concerns of transport pollution, marketing costs, time to market, recycling of scrap metal and energy conservation.
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- 2001
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