Emission reduction via supply chain coordination

Zissis, Dimitris; Saharidis, Georgios K. D.; Aktaş, Emel; Ioannou, George

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2018.01.014

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“…In line with that, the average reduction in distance travelled is 10 per cent and the average reduction in the time required to complete the last mile distribution is 16 per cent. The reduction in distance is a precursor of the reduction in carbon emissions due to the strong correlation between the distance travelled and the carbon emissions (Zissis et al , 2018). Therefore, it is plausible to estimate a comparable rate of reduction in carbon emissions.…”

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Collaboration in urban distribution of online grocery orders

Zissis

Aktaş

Bourlakis

2018

IJLM

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Purpose Population growth, urbanisation and the increased use of online shopping are some of the key challenges affecting the traditional logistics model. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the distribution of grocery products ordered online and the subsequent home delivery and click and collect services offered by online retailers to fulfil these orders. These services are unsustainable due to increased operational costs, carbon emissions, traffic and noise. The main objective of the research is to propose sustainable logistics models to reduce economic, environmental and social costs whilst maintaining service levels. Design/methodology/approach The authors have a mixed methodology based on simulation and mathematical modelling to evaluate the proposed shared logistics model using: primary data from a major UK retailer, secondary data from online retailers and primary data from a consumer survey on preferences for receiving groceries purchased online. Integration of these three data sets serves as input to vehicle routing models that reveal the benefits from collaboration by solving individual distribution problems of two retailers first, followed by the joint distribution problem under single decision maker assumption. Findings The benefits from collaboration could be more than 10 per cent in the distance travelled and 16 per cent in the time required to deliver the orders when two online grocery retailers collaborate in distribution activities. Originality/value The collaborative model developed for the online grocery market incentivises retailers to switch from current unsustainable logistics models to the proposed collaborative models.

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Collaboration in urban distribution of online grocery orders

Zissis

Aktaş

Bourlakis

2018

IJLM

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“…However, there are various uncertainties (for example unexpected delays, reliability of service, quality of service) that make mode choice a little more complicated. The freight rate may also depend on the quantity transported and the supplier may offer discounts that can reduce operational costs and bring environmental benefits as noted in the work of Zissis et al (2018). However, in this work we use a fixed freight rate (different for each service) as provided by the collaborating ship operator.…”

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Policy measures to avert possible modal shifts caused by sulphur regulation in the European Ro-Ro sector

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Psaraftis

Panagakos

et al. 2019

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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The 0.1% limit in sulphur content within Sulphur Emission Control Areas as of 1 st January 2015 requires that ship operators either use pricier ultra-low sulphur fuel oil, or alternatively install abatement technologies through substantial capital investments. A part of the resulting higher operating costs are passed on to shippers resulting in increased freight rates. These may lead to modal shifts towards rail or road options competing with Ro-Ro operators. Due to the unexpectedly low fuel prices in the period 2014-2016, Ro-Ro operators were relatively unharmed by the new limits, but nascent research has shown that if fuel prices increase some Ro-Ro services may not survive. This paper examines a set of policy options that can mitigate or reverse the negative effects of the lowsulphur regulation. The measures include internalizing external costs of transport, repaying fuel surcharges to shippers, subsidizing technological investments of ship operators, or increasing the landbased costs of transport via levies. To compare their efficacy, total costs are calculated for each measure. The results show that the proposed measures can successfully reduce the negative effects of the regulation but this would entail significant costs. A combination of subsidies towards shippers and ship operators is shown to be effective at reversing potential modal shifts and can be crucial in case of high fuel prices in the near future. The findings of this work can assist operators to develop new strategies and improve the resilience of their network, and regulators designing environmental policies that may have negative implications on certain sectors.

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“…Global manufacturing and economic growth are at odds with environmental sustainability as they inevitably imply overexploitation of natural resources along with generation of waste streams and pollution (Moutinho et al, 2017), from an end-to-end manufacturing supply networks' perspective. In this regard, operations management scholars are exploring emerging supply chain management phenomena and evolutionary dynamics to tackle the abovementioned dyadic relation (Nasir et al, 2017;Zissis et al, 2018). Notwithstanding the progress in waste recycling and reuse, often the discarded materials either require costly and sophisticated technical treatment, or present deficient quality aspects that render landfill disposal or incineration as the ultimate waste management option (Poulikakos et al, 2017).…”

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Supply network configuration archetypes for the circular exploitation of solid waste

Srai

Zissis

Tsolakis

2020

IJISM

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This research aims to use network configuration theory to propose circular supply chain archetypes for the valorisation of solid waste. The proposed network configuration archetypes are differentiated by their levels of geographic dispersion, each representing coherent clusters of waste material and supply network characteristics for the valorisation of waste streams, namely: centralised, semi-centralised and decentralised. The different types of solid waste require local (e.g. wood, organic waste), regional (e.g. glass, plastics and rubber, paper and cardboard) or pan-regional (e.g. metals and alloys) network configuration options primarily dictated by the intrinsic physico-chemical properties of the wasted material and constraints related to the processing technologies. Furthermore, the proposed network configuration archetypes dictate operational considerations, such as procurement and preprocessing options for the wasted feedstocks, along with upscale production opportunities and distribution of the value-added intermediates or end-products.

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Emission reduction via supply chain coordination

Cited by 46 publications

References 27 publications

Collaboration in urban distribution of online grocery orders

Collaboration in urban distribution of online grocery orders

Policy measures to avert possible modal shifts caused by sulphur regulation in the European Ro-Ro sector

Supply network configuration archetypes for the circular exploitation of solid waste

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