Designing sustainable supply chains

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 29, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-258

  Young, Douglas M ^a   Hawkins, Troy ^a   Ingwersen, Wesley ^a   Lee, Seung Jin ^b   Ruiz Mercado, Gerardo ^a   Sengupta, Debalina ^b   Smith, Raymond L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CURRENT SUPPLIES; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; MULTIPLE FACILITIES; OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84870800547     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1229043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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