Carbon footprint and the management of supply chains: Insights from simple models

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-116

  Benjaafar, Saif ^a   Li, Yanzhi ^b   Daskin, Mark ^c  

^a SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; carbon footprint; climate control; environmental policy; operations models; supply chain collaboration and coordination

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON REDUCTION; DECISION VARIABLES; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONAL DECISIONS; OPERATIONAL MODEL; REGULATORY POLICIES; SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION;

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

EID: 84871795225     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2012.2203304     Document Type: Article

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