The design of a responsive sustainable supply chain network under uncertainty

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2015, Pages 427-445

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Childe, Stephen J ^c  

^a Punjab Agricultural University   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appreciative inquiry; Case research; Closed loop supply chain; Responsive supply chain; Robust optimization; Supply chain network design; Sustainable supply chain network

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY; CLOSED-LOOP SUPPLY CHAIN; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84939262495     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-015-6967-8     Document Type: Article

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