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Title:
Environmental issues in supply chain management : new trends and applications
Author:
Golińska, Paulina.
ISBN:
9783642235610

9783642235627
Publication Information:
Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2012.
Physical Description:
x, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
EcoProduction. Environmental issues in logistics and manufacturing

EcoProduction.
Contents:
Part I. Environment and supply chain operations -- Using environmental demands to improve supply chain performance / Paul Eric Dossou and Philip Mitchell -- Sustainability in the supply chian: analysing the enablers / Katarzyna Grzybowska -- Sustainable transport system virus: the conceptual process framework of problems identification and analysis in distribution system / Piotr Cyplik, Lukasz Hadas and Marcin Hajdul -- Internet support of a reverse logistics / Karolina Werner and Rafal Mierzwiak -- Par II. Reverse logistics: example of electronic and electric equipment waste management -- Dynamic recovery network for WEEE / Paulina Golinska and Arkadiusz Kawa -- Optimizing the recycling process of electronic appliances / Arantxa Renteria and Esther Alvarez -- Strategic planning and operational planning in reverse logistics: a case study for Italian WEEE / Riccardo Manzini and Marco Bortolini -- Efficient vehicle routing practices for WEEE collection / Julio Mar-Ortiz, Belarmino Adenso-Diaz, and Jose Luis Gonzalez-Velarde -- Impact of emerging environmental regulations on the reverse logistics system for portable batteries in Spain / Eva Ponce-Cueto and Jose A. Gonzalez-Manteca -- Part III. Sustainability issues: sector specific solutions -- Logistic models to ensure residual agroforestry biomass as a sustainable resource / Borja Velazquez-Marti, Carlos Gracia and Javier Estornell -- Energetic assessment of the broiler poultry supply chain / Jesus Munuzuri, Rafael Grosso, Pablo Cortes and Jose Guadix -- The railway as a key element of sustainable tourist development in a rural area of difficult access: application to a Spanish mountain resort / Maria-del-Val Segarra-Ona, Angel Piero-Signes, Lluis Miret-Pastor and Maria de-Miguel-Molina -- A proposal of a business model in the European passengers railway sector to reduce its enviornmental impact / Maria de-Miguel-Molina, Kasper-Vilstrup Roldsgaard, Maria-Del-Val Segarra-Ona and Blanca de-Miguel-Molina.
Abstract:
The aim of the book is to present the emerging environmental issues in organization and management of complex supply chains. The book includes a set of solutions which show different stakeholders' viewpoints on sustainability. The scope of the book takes into consideration how the emerging environmental regulation might be transformed into business practices. Therefore, the authors present the innovative approach to eco-friendly organization and coordination of logistics processes and supply chain configuration. A broad scope of practical solutions from different countries and industries is provided. -- Back cover.