scholarly journals Improving the Reverse Logistics Respecting Principles of Sustainable Development in an Industrial Company

Author(s):  
Helena Fidlerová ◽  
Miroslava Mĺkva

Abstract Reverse logistics, the movement of materials back up the supply chain, is recognised by many organisations as an opportunity for adding value. The paper considers the theoretical framework and the conception of reverse logistics in literature and practice. The objective of the article is to propose tangible solutions which eliminate the imbalances in reverse logistics and improve the waste management in the company. The case study focuses on the improvement in the process of waste packaging in the context of sustainable development as a part of reverse logistics in the surveyed industrial company in Slovakia.

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Sylvain Charlebois ◽  
Paul Uys

<p>With consumer consciousness growing in the area of sustainable food supply, food<br />distribution is looking for methods to embrace, adapt and improve its environmental<br />performance, while still remaining economically competitive. Until recent innovative<br />solutions were developed, coffee pods have been considered as an ecologically unsound<br />approach to single-serve beverages. Some have argued that reverse logistics (recycling) is a<br />better option than green supply chain management (composting). With a particular focus on<br />coffee pods a case study on Club Coffee, which focuses on green supply chain management,<br />is presented for the design of a capacitated distribution network for a two-layer supply chain<br />involved in the distribution of coffee pods in Canada. Our investigation shows that Club<br />Coffee’s relationship is not only critical to fostering the green supply chain ideology, but it is<br />also unique in the business. Findings are presented and limitations and future research are<br />proposed.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Rida Tadmouri ◽  
Hamdi Sief

Municipal waste management is an important component of ecosystem and one of the essential part in sustainable development. This paper analyzes Tripoli landfill’s situation. According to Municipality of Tripoli, the average production of waste reached 148.5 million in 2015 where all of these waste was dumped in north of the city which leads to many environmental and health crises. The maximum height point in the landfill reached 30 m in 2013 which is more than acceptable engineered height. The paper took Tripoli landfill as case study to account for the amount of economic and environmental benefits if it is subjected to around zero waste management. The study takes into account the waste generated in 2015 till 2065 by assuming 1.5 % growth in population. As a result lots of economical, healthful and environmental benefits can be extracted if the generated waste is subjected to composting, recycling, reuse and incineration instead of throwing them.


2013 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 268-273
Author(s):  
Norbert Komar ◽  
Iwona Grabara

Waste are the product, left behind, of the mines activity in Poland. Having in mind, that this kind activity is conducted on a large scale, because coal is still the main source for polish energetic sector, it generates a large amount of waste. Which needed be to treated appropriately. This waste management (waste from mines) is a major line of the enterprise, presented in this article. Like any other, in this company there are processes that altogether create a supply chain. However, due to the type of waste and taking account the present business condition, enterprise has implemented, recently, the elements into the logistics processes, which are consistent with sustainable development conception. These elements will be described in this article together with the effects of its use in economic, environmental and social aspects


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Nikita Osintsev ◽  
Aleksandr Rakhmangulov ◽  
Vera Baginova

Supply chains and transport corridors have a significant impact on the socio-economic and environmental situation in the regions where the elements of the logistics infrastructure are located. The achievement of the goals of the concept of sustainable development in these regions is ensured, among other things, as a result of the formation of green supply chain management (GSCM), that is, as a result of changes in existing approaches to supply chain management. Analysis of the practice of supply chain management showed a wide variety of parameters and indicators of logistics flows used in decision-making at different stages of managing these flows. The authors propose a universal system of the logistic flows parameters and indicators for the GSCM, corresponding to the principles of the concept of sustainable development. A methodology for ranking indicators of logistics flows based on a combined DEMATEL-ANP method has been developed. The results of a case study on the evaluation of logistics flows for the GSCM are presented. The ranks of logistics flow indicators obtained in the study are proposed to be used in GSCM to adjust of the logistics flows actual parameters to achieve the goals of the concept of sustainable development.


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