Assessing the environmental impact of integrated inventory and warehouse management

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 717-729

  Fichtinger, Johannes ^a   Ries, Jörg M ^b   Grosse, Eric H ^b   Baker, Peter ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Environmental sustainability; Green warehousing; Inventory management; Materials handling; Warehouse operations; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WAREHOUSES;

CARBON EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN WAREHOUSING; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; WAREHOUSE OPERATION; WAREHOUSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84938153872     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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