The economic and environmental sustainability of dual sourcing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosič, Heidrun
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012.
Series:	Forschungsergebnisse der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien ; Bd. 54.
Subjects:	Business logistics > Environmental aspects. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Purchasing & Buying. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 Purpose of the work; 1.3 Structure of the work; Chapter 2: Supply chains and their impact on the environment; 2.1 Supply chain management; 2.2 Sustainability of supply chains; 2.3 Concepts of green supply chain management; 2.4 Carbon emissions resulting from supply chain activities; 2.5 Environmental regulations impacting supply chain decisions; 2.5.1 Overview of environmental regulations; 2.5.2 Emission taxes; 2.5.3 Emission trading.
Chapter 3: Integrating the environmental dimension into supply chain decisions3.1 Network design decisions; 3.2 Inventory (ordering) decisions; 3.3 Production mix and production planning decisions; 3.4 Transport mode and transport planning decisions; 3.5 Summary of existing models and relation to this work; Chapter 4: The economic and environmental performance of dual sourcing; 4.1 Inventory management and the newsvendor model; 4.2 Sourcing decisions; 4.2.1 Overview of sourcing concepts; 4.2.2 Focus on dual sourcing; 4.3 Transport-focused dual sourcing framework.
4.4 Single-period dual sourcing model4.4.1 Basic dual sourcing model; 4.4.2 Dual sourcing with transport emission limit; 4.4.3 Dual sourcing model with linear transport emission tax; 4.4.4 Dual sourcing model with emission trading for transport; 4.5 Numerical analyses; 4.5.1 Basic dual sourcing model; 4.5.2 Dual sourcing model with transport emission limit; 4.5.3 Dual sourcing model with linear transport emission tax; 4.5.4 Dual sourcing model with emission trading for transport; 4.6 Comparison of the models and implications for management and policy-making.