Knowledge Agora



Scientific Article details

Title Carbon-efficient closed-loop supply chain network: an integrated modeling approach under uncertainty
ID_Doc 29624
Authors Soleimani, H; Mohammadi, M; Fadaki, M; Al-e-hashem, SMJM
Title Carbon-efficient closed-loop supply chain network: an integrated modeling approach under uncertainty
Year 2021
Published
DOI 10.1007/s11356-021-15100-0
Abstract Inspired by a circular economy paradigm, an evolving momentum of policies and legislations aims to close the loop of product lifecycles through improved level of recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse, with the objective of adding value to the economy while not endangering the environment. However, the trade-off between the environmental and economic sustainability of designing business processes is inevitable. To address this trade-off in the supply chain context, competing objectives regarding both cost minimization and reduction in carbon emission should be simultaneously considered and integrated into a comprehensive model. This complexity is however elevated when uncertainty of demand is taken into consideration. In this study, the design of a closed-loop supply chain is investigated where competing objectives of cost and sustainability of supply chain operations are evaluated under demand uncertainty. Augmented Weighted Tchebycheff (AWT) and e-constraint methods are employed to address the multi-objectivity of the problem while a robust optimization approach is applied to deal with the demand uncertainty. The results confirm that the proposed approach provides efficient solutions for designing a green closed-loop supply chain network.
Author Keywords Closed-loop supply chain; Robust optimization; Augmented Weighted Tchebycheff approach; Multi-objective optimization; epsilon-Constraint method; Green supply chain
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000693525900005
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF
Similar atricles
Scroll