Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-394-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936864
