Selection of packaging systems in supply chains from a sustainability perspective: The case of volvo

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 289-310

  Pålsson, Henrik ^a   Finnsgård, Christian ^b   Wänström, Carl ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

automotive; logistics; model; packaging; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EVALUATION MODELING; LOGISTICS CORPORATION; SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOGISTICS; MODELS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883237788     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.1979     Document Type: Article

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