Modeling Carbon Emissions of Alternative Distribution Network Designs for Seaport to Demand Center Just in Time Delivery

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Author(s): Alfred L. Guiffrida (Kent State University, USA), Heather L. Lincecum (Kent State University, USA)and Kelly McQuade (Kent State University, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management for the Global Economy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ulas Akkucuk (Uşak University)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4601-7.ch001

Keywords: Business & Management / Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Supply Chain Management

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This chapter presents a decision support tool that can be used to evaluate the level of carbon emission and duration of delivery time for alternative distribution systems charged with just-in-time product delivery. An Excel-based transportation model is solved using linear programming to model transport truck carbon emissions and delivery time for a product landed at seaports in the United States and transported to meet customer demand at inland locations under stochastic demand conditions. The alternative network designs examined provide insights as to the viability of the optimal network design as determined by the transportation model. The model is illustrated using simulated demand scenarios and the robustness of the solution methodology is examined using a sensitivity analysis.

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