A trade-off analysis of economic and environmental aspects of a disruption based closed-loop supply chain network
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Abstract
Closed-loop supply chain networks are gaining research popularity due to environmental, economic and social concerns. Such networks are primarily designed to overcome the carbon footprints and to retrieve end of life products from customers. This study considers a multi echelon closed-loop supply chain in the presence of machine disruption. A multi-objective model is presented to optimize the total cost, the total time and the emission in a closed-loop supply chain network. The aim is to analyze the trade-off between the objectives of cost, time and emissions and how these decisions are impacted by the selection of different available machines. A number of solution approaches are tested on a case study from tire industry. The results suggest the improved performance of the hybrid heuristic and the importance of controlling disruption in a closed-loop supply chain network. Furthermore, there is a trade-off between the different objective functions which can help the decision maker to choose a particular solution according to the preference of an organization. Finally, conclusion and future research avenues are provided.
Date Issued
2020-08-29
Date Acceptance
2020-08-27
Citation
Sustainability, 2020, 12 (17), pp.1-28
ISSN
2071-1050
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
28
Journal / Book Title
Sustainability
Volume
12
Issue
17
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/7056
Subjects
12 Built Environment and Design
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-08-29