In recent years, sustainability concept has been introduced to many fields including management, technology, and supply chain (SC). The most accepted definition for Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) would be one where all consumer products are created, used, and recycled or disposed of in the Closed loop Method. Closed Loop Supply Chain Management (CLSCM) refers to all forward Logistic...

The objective of green logistics has thus far failed. For example, the share of greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation and logistics sector in Europe rose from 16.6% in 1990 to 24.3% in 2012. This article analyzes the reasons behind this failure by drawing on political, economic and business as well as social motivations and examples. At the core of this analysis are the established the...

Due to green legislations, industries track the used products through reverse logistics contractors. A reverse logistics programme offers significant cost savings in procurement, transportation, disposal and inventory carrying. Since reverse logistics operations and the supply chains they support are considerably more complex than traditional manufacturing supply chains, it can be offered to th...

Three years ago the international consulting company BearingPoint conducted a survey study exploring actions taken by companies seeking to enhance the sustainability of their operations. They summed up their findings by stating: „When companies take action, they are typically taking the easy route of reputation and brand protection on green messaging” (s. BearingPoint Inc. (2008)). This may be ...

The paper herein presents green p-median problem (GMP) which uses the adaptive type-2 neural network for the processing of environmental and sociological parameters including costs of logistics operators and demonstrates the influence of these parameters on planning the location for the city logistics terminal (CLT) within the discrete network. CLT shows direct effects on increment of traffic v...

Global warming, climatic disasters and the depletion of the ozone layer illustrate the negative impact of economic growth on the ecological system and the societies that function within them. As a result, customers and many governments around the world are developing a more conscious and respectful attitude toward the environment, propelling environmental concerns to the forefront of many compa...

Growing environmental concerns have motivated businesses to carefully assess the environmental impact of their products and services at all stages of a life-cycle. Reverse logistics plays an important role in achieving ‘‘green supply chains’’ by providing customers with the opportunity to return the warranted and/or defective products to the manufacturer. An efficient reverse logistics structur...