Decision support for green supply chain operations by integrating dynamic simulation and LCA indicators: Diaper case study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 10178-10185

  Adhitya, Arief ^a   Halim, Iskandar ^a   Srinivasan, Rajagopalan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK CONFIGURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED DECISION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; MULTI-TIERED; ORDERING POLICIES; PRODUCT VALUE CHAINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAPER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHENOMENA; LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

ABSORBENT PADS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 82355165202     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201763q     Document Type: Article

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