Indicators of energy efficiency of supply chains

Kalenoja, Hanna; Kallionpää, Erika; Rantala, Jarkko

doi:10.1080/13675567.2010.551111

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“…Arivalagan et al, 1995) and correctly practicing the concepts of system boundaries (e.g. Kalenoja et al, 2011). For such matters great opportunities can be found in regional cooperation where electricity, steam, and heat can be beneficially traded among the participants (Klugman et al, 2007).…”

Section: Managing Industrial Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, by-products or co-products that are produced in proportion to chemical and natural characteristics can with an uneven demand of one product result in large inventories or limited production of the other (Taylor et al, 1981a). Even though the production phase is dominant in the energy intensive process industry, supply chain decisions can have significant impact on the use of energy (Kalenoja et al, 2011). If for example Linus could use the steam from his boiling process (P1) to his neighbour's spa and their sauna, he would have additional revenue possibilities from steam as a co-product.…”

Section: Process Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bengtsson et al, 2002;Tari and Söderström, 2002;Karlsson, 2011). The production planning processes also (Kalenoja et al, 2011). The energy efficiency of a supply chain is according to Kalenoja et al (2011) moreover affected by decisions made regarding for instance scheduling, operations strategy, and demand response.…”

Section: Including Energy When Planning Production and Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The production planning processes also (Kalenoja et al, 2011). The energy efficiency of a supply chain is according to Kalenoja et al (2011) moreover affected by decisions made regarding for instance scheduling, operations strategy, and demand response. The energy issue is not new for production planning or supply chain planning, however few examples found in the literature spend specific attention to energy issues in these fields, indicating that the energy focus has from an operations management point of view traditionally been in the shadow of many other priorities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Planning production and supply chain in energy intensive process industries

Waldemarsson

2014

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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To make a difference among the energy intensive process industries, this dissertation addresses production planning and supply chain planning problems related to industrial energy management issues. The energy issue is turning more and more important from different angles, involving price as well as environmental problems due to climate change leading to political pressure on all energy users. The process industry sector is one of the largest users of energy, and thus important to analyse. Process industries are also capital intensive and operate on large and expensive process equipment, making it imperative to plan their production well in order to reach preferable capacity utilisation. Therefore this dissertation strives to locate the most important energy management issues for the long term profitability of process industries, and investigates the symbiotic effects of including energy issues in production and supply chain planning.Three different studies at three case companies are carried out, analysed, and presented in five papers. The cases represent the process industry sectors: chemicals, pulp, and steel. Both qualitative case study methodologies as well as quantitative mathematical modelling and optimisation approaches have been practiced. The research questions are analysed from both an energy system and from a production process point of view, separately as well as combined. Energy is somewhat considered to be the main workforce for process industries and this dissertation exemplifies some of its most important dimensions in this context. Several prerequisites for putting energy management on the strategic agenda are located in a specialty chemical industry where the importance of introducing a strategic perspective on energy, the way energy is used, and the possibilities of increasing alternative revenue from utilising by-and/or co-products differently are pinpointed. Approaches for including energy issues in planning processes are also suggested in terms of a MILP model for the entire supply chain of a pulp company, including decisions on purchase and transportation of raw materials, production allocation, energy mix, and distribution. Another example is presented based on the perspectives of economics of scale and lot sizing through economic order quantity principles in a steel company. By using real company data, energy smart approaches in planning and scheduling are developed with respect to the most important intersections between the production processes and their supporting energy system. The accumulated resource intensity and embedded energy could, and probably should, hence be more fairly reflected in the product price. The research finally shows some possible impact with including energy issues in a production and supply chain planning model. By planning differently, production prioritisations can be done, and it is not only possible without any large investments, but also prosperous with savings on both energy and money within reach.To conclude, planning of production and supply ch...

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Section: Managing Industrial Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Process Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Including Energy When Planning Production and Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Including Energy When Planning Production and Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Planning production and supply chain in energy intensive process industries

Waldemarsson

2014

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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“…There are a number of similar tools to be found online and EcoTransit was specifically selected because of availability and recommendations from practitioners. The reliability of the tool was assessed by studying how the tool was constructed (EcoTransit 2011) as well as looking at previous studies that have employed in their calculations, a sample of which are Fridell et al (2011), Kalenoja et al (2011) and Behrends (2012).…”

Section: Emission Calculationsmentioning

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Factors Influencing the Choice between Road and Multimodal Transportation

Heljedal¹

2013

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on-sustainable transportation is a great part of the stress that human activities put on the environment. Road transportation constituted 74% of the total inland tonne-kilometres in the EU during 2009, to be compared to rail transportation at 15%. In Sweden the numbers are slightly more in favour of rail transportation, but still a small share despite the fact that the European Committee promotes sustainable modes of transport. To reduce the environmental impact from the transport sector, and be able to promote the use of sustainable transport modes, it is important to gain an understanding of why the modal balance is disposed this way. By case studies and a survey, four factors, viz costs, environmental impact, attitudes and risks, and their impact on the choice of mode of transportation for companies located in the vicinity of a rail terminal are studied.The results clearly show that the environmental impact of rail transportation is only a fraction of that of the road transportation and could possibly influence the choice of rail transportation in a positive way. However, rail transportation is less cost efficient, flexible and reliable and these aspects -despite the advantageous conditions in terms of infrastructure and geographical vicinity to a rail terminalcontribute to a negative bias towards rail transportation among companies in the study. Thus, the cost and attitudes factors counteract the choice of rail transportation. In addition, risks, as the final factor, also counteracts the choice, since it is found that respondents consider the risks of disturbances such as delays, theft and accidents to be important when considering mode of transportation and that rail transportation is viewed as lacking compared to road transportation.This thesis contributes to the existing theory about the costs-related issues and the environmental impact of rail transportation, as well as how companies with beneficial conditions to employ rail transportation consider the mode with regards to e.g. reliability and safety, and how these factors influence the modal choice among buyers of transportation services that are located close to a rail terminal. With this knowledge, policymakers are informed of which areas to concentrate taxes, subsidizations and information to. These things are in all probability necessary if a large scale modal shift is desired. The contribution of the effect a modal shift could have on the environmental impact of the transportation might make certain practitioners that compete on a market where a low environmental footprint is a strong competitive weapon to rethink their modal choice. N iii ivPopulärvetenskaplig sammanfattning et är lätt att föreställa sig en renare värld. En värld där ingen hostar på grund av avgaser, där sot inte täcker husväggar eller förmörkar himlen. En värld där gräset är grönare och där vackra, snötyngda vinterskogar inte är en syn hotad av ett varmare klimat. Det är inte alls lika lätt att tänka sig en värld utan lastbilarstransporter. Men att minska antalet lastbil...

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Minimizing energy consumption via multiple installations aggregate production planning

Chaturvedi

2017

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Indicators of energy efficiency of supply chains

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Planning production and supply chain in energy intensive process industries

Planning production and supply chain in energy intensive process industries

Factors Influencing the Choice between Road and Multimodal Transportation

Minimizing energy consumption via multiple installations aggregate production planning

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