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Elsevier, Omega, (54), p. 173-190, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2015.01.014

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A tradeoff model for green supply chain planning:A leanness-versus-greenness analysis

Journal article published in 2015 by Behnam Fahimnia, Joseph Sarkis ORCID, Ali Eshragh
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Abstract

This article presents a tactical supply chain planning model that can be used to investigate tradeoffs between cost and environmental degradation including carbon emissions, energy consumption and waste generation. The proposed model also incorporates other aspects of real world supply chains such as multiple transport lot sizing and flexible holding capacity of warehouses. A solution methodology, the Nested Integrated Cross-Entropy (NICE) method, is developed to solve the proposed mixed-integer nonlinear mathematical model. The application of the model and solution method is investigated in an actual case problem. Our analysis of the numerical results focuses on investigating the relationship between lean practices and green outcomes. We find that (1) not all lean interventions at the tactical supply chain planning level result in green benefits, and (2) a flexible supply chain is the greenest and most efficient alternative when compared to strictly lean and centralized situations.