Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective

AP Barbosa-Póvoa, C da Silva, A Carvalho - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sustainable Supply Chain have become a cornerstone to any company that seeks
to achieve sustainable goals. A company's image is no longer related to the old paradigm of …

Biomass logistics: A review of important features, optimization modeling and the new trends

KT Malladi, T Sowlati - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass logistics comprise of inter-dependent operations related to harvesting and
collection, storage, pre-processing, and transportation. Its high cost represents one of the …

Modelling different types of uncertainty in biofuel supply network design and planning: A robust optimization approach

S Bairamzadeh, M Saidi-Mehrabad, MS Pishvaee - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This article proposes a mixed-integer programming (MILP) model to determine the strategic
and tactical level decisions of lignocellulosic bioethanol supply chain subject to different …

Sustainable biorefineries, an analysis of practices for incorporating sustainability in biorefinery design

MP Parada, P Osseweijer, JAP Duque - Industrial Crops and Products, 2017 - Elsevier
The incorporation of sustainability in the design of biorefineries is central for the
development of the biobased economy. In this paper sustainability methods and metrics in …

Past, present, and prospective themes of sustainable agricultural supply chains: A content analysis

M Nematollahi, A Tajbakhsh - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable supply chain management has been a topic of high interest to scholars and
practitioners over the last 30 years. Accordingly, many review papers have been published …

[HTML][HTML] On the role of system integration in plastic waste management

R Castro-Amoedo, J Granacher, I Kantor… - Resources …, 2024 - Elsevier
The management of plastic waste is a growing concern that can harm wildlife and
ecosystems, and its end-of-life policies are key to mitigating plastic environmental impact …

Lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy beyond intensive cropland and forests

K Van Meerbeek, B Muys, M Hermy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pathways towards decarbonization of society to limit global warming well below 2° C heavily
rely on bioenergy. The predicted increase in biomass demand raises concerns about the …

Digital technologies for forest supply chain optimization: existing solutions and future trends

J Scholz, A De Meyer, AS Marques, TM Pinho… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
The role of digital technologies for fostering sustainability and efficiency in forest-based
supply chains is well acknowledged and motivated several studies in the scope of precision …

An analysis of causal relationships among challenges impeding redistributed manufacturing in emerging economies

S Luthra, SK Mangla, G Yadav - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Constantly increasing wages and transportation costs with market uncertainty have initiated
“re-shoring” programs and the establishment of low-scale localized production for advanced …

Designing a reliable bio-fuel supply chain network considering link failure probabilities

SR Poudel, M Marufuzzaman, L Bian - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This study presents a pre-disaster planning model that seeks to strengthen a bio-fuel supply
chain system's multi-modal facility links while accounting for limited budget availability. The …