Title: Green supply chain modelling: literature review

Authors: Chaher Alzaman

Addresses: Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 25035, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract: The literature on green supply chains is growing in importance since the production and transportation of goods make a significant contribution to greenhouse emissions worldwide. This work enumerates literature within the domain of green supply chain (GSC) modelling, categorises themes and modelling approaches, analyses modelling attributes, and presents shortcomings and opportunities of the state-of-the-art's literature on GSC modelling. In addition, the work evaluates research questions such as the extent of the role of optimisation in GSC modelling, the role of supply chain network design (SCND), the utilisation of mathematical programming, and the inclusion of attributes such life cycle assessment (LCA) in the literature. The work finds strengths in the use of optimisation tools to optimise supply chain activities and finds opportunities in more comprehensive work that integrate the attributes examined in the paper.

Keywords: supply chain modelling; supply chain management; SCM; mathematical programming; green supply chains; GSCs; CO2; carbon dioxide; carbon reduction; sustainability; transport models; sustainable development; life cycle assessment; LCA; optimisation; literature review.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2014.058891

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, 2014 Vol.6 No.1, pp.16 - 39

Received: 31 Jul 2012
Accepted: 06 Mar 2013

Published online: 07 Jun 2014 *

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