scholarly journals The Environmental Assessment on Chinese Logistics Enterprises Based on Non-Radial DEA

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4760
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Chunhui Yuan ◽  
Xiaolong Li
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Logistics Company ◽  
Logistics Enterprises ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
Better Than

Under the new situation of economic development in China, the logistics industry is facing unbalanced development regarding economic and environmental performance. From the enterprise level, this study investigated the sustainability of Chinese logistics based on the environmental assessment data envelopment analysis (DEA) model, and measured the unified efficiency of a logistics company under two different production arrangement strategies. The empirical measurement provides several findings. First, logistics enterprises give higher priority to operational benefits than environmental performance. Second, under the operational priority of production arrangement, small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) unified efficiency is better than a large enterprise, and private enterprises’ unified efficiency is better than state-owned enterprises. Moreover, the empirical study has further proved that the sustainability development of Chinese logistics is still at the primary stage; when facing trade-offs in the sustainability context, logistics companies still prioritize operational performance first. Therefore, transforming corporate strategy into an environmental sustainable priority and realizing logistics sustainability still has a long way to go, which is the backbone of realizing balanced development of both the economy and environment.

scholarly journals The application of an environmental performance framework for climate adaptation innovations on two nature-based adaptations

AMBIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jantsje M. van Loon-Steensma ◽  
Christopher Goldsworthy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Performance Framework ◽  
Trade Offs

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce and test a framework to qualitatively assess the environmental impact of climate adaptation innovations with the ambition to facilitate the implementation of these adaptations. The framework was designed to enable continuous environmentally conscious benchmarking based on three environmental performance indicators: sustainable design, environmental impact and ecological impact. It was pilot tested by uninvolved experts and key-persons for two large-scale nature-based flood adaptation innovations in the Netherlands and discussed with environmental assessment professionals. Our findings indicate how the inclusion of our framework helps to identify important knowledge gaps regarding environmental co-benefits and trade-offs, and can be beneficial to both those developing the innovation and the local authorities charged with assessing the suitability of innovations. We conclude by noting how the incorporation of environmental impact assessment from the design stage of adaptations could supplement existing environmental assessment regulations pre-empting concerns rather than reacting to them.

Data Processing in Optimization and Design of Regional Layout Based on Pharmaceutical Logistics Distribution Center

2014 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 740-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Wu ◽  
Shou Wen Ji ◽  
Lan Nan
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Distribution Center ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Functional Area ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Logistics Distribution ◽  
Operation Efficiency ◽  
Logistics Company ◽  
Logistics Enterprises ◽  
Association Graph

At present, the pharmaceutical logistics industry in our country is still not perfect, and the pharmaceutical logistics enterprises have not occupied the home of advantage in China. Establishing pharmaceutical logistics distribution center can make well coordination with production, transportation and other aspects, so that the upstream and downstream enterprises can complete the delivery mission, shorten the logistics time, reduce logistics cost better. The actual data of import goods in this paper to Zhongyou of pharmaceutical logistics company in Gansu at present as the basis, use the association graph method to design the best layout of distribution center, draw the final layout, make reasonable arrangements for each functional area location, shorten the walking path, improve the distribution center operation efficiency, so as to provide quality service delivery for each customer, in order to meet the needs of daily doses of whole northwest area.

Platform ecological circle for cold chain logistics enterprises: the value co-creation analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benhong Peng ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Sardar Zahid ◽  
Guo Wei ◽  
Ehsan Elahi
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistics Enterprises

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of value co-creation in platform ecological circle for cold chain logistics enterprises to guide the transformation and development of cold chain logistics industry. Design/methodology/approach This paper establishes a conceptual framework for the research on the platform ecological circle in cold chain logistics, utilizes a structural equation model to investigate the influencing factors of the value co-creation of the platform ecological circle in the cold chain logistics enterprises and elaborates the internal relations between different influencing factors regarding the value co-creation and enterprises’ performance. Findings Results show that resource sharing in logistics platform ecological circle can stimulate the interaction among enterprises and this produces a positive influence on their dynamic capabilities, which, in turn, affects the they to work together to plan, implement and solve problems, so as to achieve the goal of improving enterprise performance. Practical implications The shared resources and value co-creation activities in the platform ecological circle are very important for the transformation and development of cold chain logistics enterprises. Therefore, enterprises should promote value co-creation through realizing resource sharing and creating a win-win cooperation mechanism. Originality/value This paper targets at incorporating the resource sharing in platform ecological circle for cold chain logistics enterprises, explores from an empirical perspective the role of the resource sharing in cold chain logistics enterprises in enhancing the dynamic capabilities of enterprises, thereby encouraging the value co-creation behavior, and ultimately boosts enterprise performance and stimulates business development.

scholarly journals Sustainability-oriented cross-functional collaboration to manage trade-offs and interdependencies

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Szalavetz
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Corporate Environmental Performance ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Corporate Environmental Sustainability

Abstract Despite a consensus view in the literature about the importance of cross-functional collaboration (CFC) for corporate environmental performance improvement, there is a dearth of studies that explain how exactly sustainability-oriented CFC can foster this objective. The purpose of this paper is to explain the role of CFC in corporate environmental performance improvement. We do this by undertaking two rounds of literature review, developing a proposition after the first round and by collecting illuminative real-life examples that illustrate our arguments in the second round. We propose and illustrate that CFC can effectively address two systemic properties of corporate environmental performance: trade-offs and interdependencies among different aspects of corporate environmental sustainability. If left unaddressed, these systemic specifics would result in organizational, managerial, and behavioral outcomes, such as inertia, opposition to change, lack of information, and so on, which would turn into effective barriers to corporate environmental performance improvement. put CFC addresses these barriers through information sharing, knowledge building, and interest reconciliation.

Shanghai West Railway Station’s Design Based on Communication Space and Ecological Integration

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 439-442
Author(s):  
Lu Wan ◽  
Yu Chen Guo ◽  
Yuan Yi Wei
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Service Area ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
Logistics Enterprises ◽  
Hotel Service ◽  
The City

This paper provided an overview that the city should be designed from the functional, connectivity, accessibility and other aspects of the city considering the current situation of obsolete facility and out of order around the Shanghai West Railway Station. It emphasized that the resources of Shanghai West Railway Station’s Zhenru area shall be integrated while the Zhenru center of Shanghai in Caoyang-street and the railway cargo terminal should be built. It proposed that the city should put emphasize on the development of modern logistics industry along with the construction of business office area, large-scale logistics enterprises gather, hotel service area and low density of cultural facilities.

Lexicographic Decision Rule

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özgür Şimşek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Rule ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Plausible Model ◽  
Decision Alternative ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Decision Alternatives ◽  
Better Than

The lexicographic decision rule is one of the simplest methods of choosing among decision alternatives. It is based on a simple priority ranking of the attributes available. According to the lexicographic decision rule, a decision alternative is better than another alternative if and only if it is better than the other alternative in the most important attribute on which the two alternatives differ. In other words, the lexicographic decision rule does not allow trade-offs among the various attributes. For example, if quality is considered to be more important than cost, no difference in price can compensate for a difference in quality: The lexicographic decision rule chooses the item with the best quality regardless of the cost. Over the years, the lexicographic decision rule has been compared to various statistical learning methods, including multiple linear regression, support vector machines, decision trees, and random forests. The results show that the lexicographic decision rule can sometimes compete remarkably well with more complex statistical methods, and even outperform them, despite its naively simple structure. These results have stimulated a rich scientific literature on why, and under what conditions, lexicographic decision rules yield accurate decisions. Due to the simplicity of its decision process, its fast execution time, and the robustness of its performance in various decision environments, the lexicographic decision rule is considered to be a plausible model of human decision making. In particular, the lexicographic decision rule is put forward as a model of how the human mind implements bounded rationality to make accurate decisions when information is scarce, time is short, and computational capacity is limited.

scholarly journals Cotton and Surgical Masks—What Ecological Factors Are Relevant for Their Sustainability?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10245
Author(s):  
Mélanie Schmutz ◽  
Roland Hischier ◽  
Till Batt ◽  
Peter Wick ◽  
Bernd Nowack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Surgical Masks ◽  
Support Decision Making ◽  
Better Than

With the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing facemasks became common. Many initiatives arose to develop new types of reusable textile masks in order to overcome a shortage of surgical masks for the health care personnel and for the civil society. Having such high demand of facemasks raises the question about what factors define their environmental sustainability. This paper presents a first simplified Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) comparing surgical masks and 2-layered cotton masks. The aim of the paper is to identify and understand the relevant ecological factors in order to support decision making on how textile masks could be designed in a more sustainable manner. The results of our simplified LCA show that the cotton masks were performing better than the surgical masks and vice versa depending on the environmental impact that was looked at. It was also found that the lifespan and the weight of the cotton masks are two variables having a great importance for their overall environmental performance.

scholarly journals Electoral Reform and Trade-Offs in Representation

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 694-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL BECHER ◽  
IRENE MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
Electoral System ◽  
Electoral Reform ◽  
Electoral Institutions ◽  
Policy Responsiveness ◽  
Difference Analysis ◽  
Voter Preferences ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Better Than

We examine the effect of electoral institutions on two important features of representation that are often studied separately: policy responsiveness and the quality of legislators. Theoretically, we show that while a proportional electoral system is better than a majoritarian one at representing popular preferences in some contexts, this advantage can come at the price of undermining the selection of good politicians. To empirically assess the relevance of this trade-off, we analyze an unusually controlled electoral reform in Switzerland early in the twentieth century. To account for endogeneity, we exploit variation in the intensive margin of the reform, which introduced proportional representation, based on administrative constraints and data on voter preferences. A difference-in-difference analysis finds that higher reform intensity increases the policy congruence between legislators and the electorate and reduces legislative effort. Contemporary evidence from the European Parliament supports this conclusion.

Low Environmental Impact Machining Processes of Free Cutting Austenitic Stainless Steels without Lead Addition

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1923-1926
Author(s):  
Zhuang Li ◽  
Di Wu ◽  
Wei Lv
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Machining Processes ◽  
Machine Operators ◽  
Chip Breakage ◽  
Lead Addition ◽  
Better Than

Environmental protection is a growing concern for many industries today. This paper shows manufacturing environmental performance improvement for free cutting steel products. Inclusions have the characteristics of sulfur and bismuth in free cutting austenitic stainless steels without lead addition. Machinable additives lead to improved chip breakage, and thus reduced tool wear. The machinability of free cutting austenitic stainless steels without lead addition is much better than that of conventional austenitic stainless steel. Bismuth can replace lead because lead is a harmful factor for environment and machine operators' health. The reduction of environmentally harmful substances such as lead was performed. A feasible combination of free-cutting additives should yield a stainless steel product with acceptable machining and mechanical properties.

scholarly journals AN APPLICATION OF FUZZY LOGIC TO ASSESS SERVICE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

Transport ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Esmaeili ◽  
Reza Ahmadi Kahnali ◽  
Reza Rostamzadeh ◽  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Babak Ghoddami
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Quality Attributes ◽  
Membership Degree ◽  
Fuzzy Approach ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Logistics Company ◽  
Uncertainty Level

Differentiation, growing competitive advantage, and excellence has been proved to be the result of service quality. At the same time, measuring attributes of service quality and customer satisfaction is fuzzy and ambiguous, and methods available for their measurement are generally classical. This paper proposes a fuzzy method to identify the service quality attributes. This approach was developed using crisp assessment methods in a logistics company. Applying the proposed fuzzy approach, service quality attributes and indicators are identified and then organized into 8 categories, to see the uncertainty level of each. The proposed method was successfully conducted in a real logistics company. The results show the membership degree of each indicator, suggesting customer expectations regarding quality. Also, the membership degrees of the service quality attributes suggest the ability of each to describe service quality in logistics industry.

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