With the growing competition, many construction organizations attempt to improve their productivity, quality, and efficiency. Construction waste management, by means of reverse logistics, becomes a key issue to improve the productivity, and raise the company’s green image. In this study, four key reverse logistics methods, including the direct reuse, the remanufacturing, the recycling, and the ...

Against global warming and environmental degradation, many interests have been paid to the studies popularly termed reverse, closed, green or sustainable logistics (Fiksel, 2010; Nikolopoulou and Ierapetritou, 2012; Srivastava, 2007). Recently, we concerned with a reverse logistics optimization in a practical manner (Shimizu and Sakaguchi, 2013) and deployed an idea for realizing an infrastruct...

In order to solve the optimization problem of logistics distribution system for fresh food, this paper provides a low-carbon and environmental protection point of view, based on the characteristics of perishable products, and combines with the overall optimization idea of cold chain logistics distribution network, where the green and low-carbon location-routing problem (LRP) model in cold chain...

This paper critically reviews research conducted from 1999-2013 on Green Logistics Network Design (GrLND). Basic features like decision variables, network structure, type of optimization techniques preferred, components of objective functions considered across various industries to improve their environmental performance has been identified. Finally, potential gaps for future studies are highli...

Purpose – The study aims to propose a methodology with systematic metrics for logistics service providers (LSPs) to develop their environmental sustainability performance in the context of green supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach – An integrated analytical approach which combines Analytical Network Process (ANP) with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is proposed to develop LSP...

over the two last decades, distribution companies have been aware of the importance of paying attention to the all aspects of a distribution system simultaneously to be successful in the global market. these aspects are the economic, the environmental, the social and the safety aspects. in the vehicle routing problem (vrp) literature, the economic issue has often been used, while the environmen...