Sustainable supply chain design for consumer products

Author

Ingwersen, Wesley ; Young, Douglas ; Cabezas, Heriberto ; Gonzalez, Michael ; Smith, Raymond

Author_Institution

Nat. Risk Manage. Res. Lab., US Environ. Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The goal of this research effort is to develop a methodology to design supply chains for the production of consumer products which are as inherently sustainable as possible, to identify areas of the supply chain where changes could improve the sustainability of it, and to prioritize the implementations of those changes in order to affect the most efficient improvements leading towards sustainability. This research effort will focus on evaluating the environmental performance/sustainability of a manufacturing process and its´ supply chain and will be conducted in conjunction with an industrial company.

Keywords

consumer products; design for environment; manufacturing industries; manufacturing processes; supply chain management; sustainable development; consumer products production; environmental performance; industrial company; manufacturing process; sustainability; sustainable supply chain design; Chemicals; Companies; Consumer products; Manufacturing processes; Sensitivity analysis; Supply chains;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

2157-524X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-394-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936864

Filename

5936864