Smart City 360°. First EAI International Summit, Smart City 360°, Bratislava, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada, October 13-16, 2015. Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Green Supply Chain Design Considering Warehousing and Transportation

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_56,
        author={Ingo Gestring},
        title={Green Supply Chain Design Considering Warehousing and Transportation},
        proceedings={Smart City 360°. First EAI International Summit, Smart City 360°, Bratislava, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada, October 13-16, 2015. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={SMARTCITY360},
        year={2016},
        month={6},
        keywords={CO-emission Warehousing Transportation Eco-efficiency Trade-off},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_56}
    }
    
  • Ingo Gestring
    Year: 2016
    Green Supply Chain Design Considering Warehousing and Transportation
    SMARTCITY360
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_56
Ingo Gestring1,*
  • 1: HTW Dresden
*Contact email: gestring@htw-dresden.de

Abstract

Green supply chain design considers besides costs and service level as well the environmental impact. There is a trade-off in terms of costs and environmental impact between the size of warehouses and the transport mode and transport frequency. High frequent deliveries with trucks result in high emission during transport, but low emission during the storage process. Less frequent delivery with trains or ships have a lower emission during transport, but the items must be stored for a longer time and so need more space in a warehouse. The consequences are illustrated with a case study. The total CO emission and the eco-efficiency are calculated.