Sustainable Logistics System: Principles and Practices in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
pp. 1693-1701
Author(s):  
Binh Nguyen Thi
Keyword(s):  
Logistics System ◽  
Sustainable Logistics

Sustainable Logistics and the Supply Chain

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shereen Nassar ◽  
Mohamed Salama
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Maritime Logistics ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
Green Port ◽  
High Level

In today’s global business environment, logistics has become one of the key determinants of sustainable competitive advantage. In the context of sustainable project management, every project will have to embrace a sustainable logistics system. Port and maritime logistics is classified as the most significant logistics system since it is considered to be the backbone for facilitating global trade. Around 80% of the world trade by volume, and 70% by value, is done by sea and is managed by seaports across the globe. It is evident that managing the pressures of sustainability is one of the critical challenges for creating value and ensuring growth across all businesses. Port and maritime industry is required to ensure high level of accountability and transparency on sustainability concerns including waste management, climate change and global warming, energy efficiency, employee health, safety and security, impacts on local society and coastal and local environmental health. Because of the global nature of the port and maritime sector, it encounters more challenges in improving sustainability performance. This chapter covers sustainable port and maritime logistics. It starts by presenting an overview of logistics, supply chain management and maritime logistics. The second section discusses sustainability in the context of supply chain and logistics management. The third section explicates green port and maritime logistics aspects. The fourth identifies sustainability issues and introduces an integrated framework for sustainable port and maritime logistics. It wraps up with a brief section on suggested areas for future research.

scholarly journals Brazilian logistics practitioners' perceptions on sustainability: an exploratory study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor William Batista Martins ◽  
Rosley Anholon ◽  
Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues ◽  
Walter Leal Filho ◽  
Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
Topsis Technique ◽  
Level Of Importance

PurposeConfronting globalization, logistics systems need to achieve greater efficiency in processes to be competitive. Competitiveness is not related only to economic aspects; companies need to perform their activities aligned to the triple bottom line concept. In this context, the main objective of this research is to analyze how Brazilian professionals think about sustainable logistics through an exploratory study.Design/methodology/approachA set of 33 indicators, compiled from a literature review, was used to develop a research instrument applied in a survey of 50 professionals working with logistics processes in Brazilian companies. First, the Cronbach's alpha was run to verify the questionnaire reliability. Respondents were grouped through cluster hierarchical analysis, and their answers were analyzed through TOPSIS technique.FindingsThe results from the sample analysis showed that Brazilian professionals think in the three dimensions of TBL when considering sustainable logistics systems; however, social aspects are relegated to a second level of importance when compared with environmental and economic indicators. In addition, it is possible to highlight that most important environmental aspects are directly related to economic objectives.Originality/valueThere are few studies examining sustainable logistics system in Brazilian companies that consider the purpose mentioned by evidencing originality in the same way as this current study. The results presented here can contribute to amplifying debates in the theme.

scholarly journals Calculation of northern hemisphere sea ice area using recurrent neural networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 937 (4) ◽  
pp. 042094
Author(s):  
D Viatkin ◽  
D Zhuro ◽  
M Zakharov ◽  
S Malysheva
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Area Measurement ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Data Preparation ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Ship Traffic ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
Northern Regions

Abstract Ice covering water surfaces causes difficulties for ship traffic in the northern regions. Developing a sustainable logistics system that describes and manages ship traffic requires consideration of many factors, one of which is the area of sea ice covering the waterways. Most of the volume of sea ice in the northern hemisphere is concentrated in the Arctic zone. The paper describes the process and results of data preparation and development of a recurrent neural network to determine the value of ice area change in the next 50 days relative to the last day of sea ice area measurement. The prediction is made based on the previous 30 measured values of sea ice area and a user-specified value of the day for which the prediction will be made. The work uses NSIDC open dataset on sea ice area for the northern hemisphere. This model allows us to calculate the change of sea ice area for 1 day ahead with an accuracy of 0.581%. For the 50-day prediction of ice area, the accuracy is 4.017%.

scholarly journals Sustainable Logistics Management in the 21st Century Requires Wholeness Systems Thinking

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4392 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Holman ◽  
Pavel Wicher ◽  
Radim Lenort ◽  
Venuše Dolejšová ◽  
David Staš ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Logistics Management ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Sustainable Logistics

The 21st century is characterised by the unprecedented speed and scope of changes, creating a new external environment, where the logistics systems are managed. The latest development in logistics management is influenced by sustainability, which complements the economic dimension with environmental and social dimensions. The fundamental principle of logistics management is systems thinking (ST). Until now, the reductionism ST (RST), focusing on the maximal economic performance of a logistics system’s parts and interactions has been applied. However, the RST approach does not sufficiently consider the implication of the external environment to the economic performance. The article’s aim is the introduction of the new wholeness ST (WST) approach and confirmation of its fundamental role in deriving of the performance of the selected logistics system’s parts and interactions from the external environment. WST’s role was demonstrated in a case study, comparing the WST and RST approach in management of particular automotive logistics’ system. The WST approach in the management of the whole selected logistics system assures a considerable reduction in the consumption of resources. Based on the comparative case study’s results, the conceptual framework for the application of the WST approach in all sustainable dimensions is proposed.

Sustainable Logistics Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Zhang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Green Logistics ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
Sustainable Economy ◽  
Green Packaging ◽  
Green Transportation ◽  
Scientific System

Green logistics has much value for our societal development. The essential task is helping build a sustainable economy. Due to environmental impact economic activities bring and sustainable development and the requirement for logistics activities, the green logistics system must include green supply, green warehousing or distribution, green packaging, green transportation, the greening of sales logistics, remanufacturing of used products, and waste recycling. It is necessary to take corresponding countermeasures to build a scientific system for the development of green logistics, which is a necessity for modern logistics.

Quality indicator of the smart city transportation and logistics system

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2116-2135
Author(s):  
G.V. Savin
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Organization And Management

Subject. The article considers functioning and development of process flows of transportation and logistics system of a smart city. Objectives. The study identifies factors and dependencies of the quality of human life on the organization and management of stream processes. Methods. I perform a comparative analysis of previous studies, taking into account the uniquely designed results, and the econometric analysis. Results. The study builds multiple regression models that are associated with stream processes, highlights interdependent indicators of temporary traffic and pollution that affect the indicator of life quality. However, the identified congestion indicator enables to predict the time spent in traffic jams per year for all participants of stream processes. Conclusions. The introduction of modern intelligent transportation systems as a component of the transportation and logistics system of a smart city does not fully solve the problems of congestion in cities at the current rate of urbanization and motorization. A viable solution is to develop cooperative and autonomous intelligent transportation systems based on the logistics approach. This will ensure control over congestion, the reduction of which will contribute to improving the life quality of people in urban areas.

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