Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy

Purpose: Low-carbon economy requires the pursuit of eco-efficiency, which is a win-win situation between economic and environmental efficiency. In this paper the question of trading off the economic and environmental effects embodied in eco-efficiency in the hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing logi...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yacan, Zhu, Xiaoxia, Lu, Tao, Jeeva, Ananda
Format: Journal Article
Published: OmniaScience 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14462
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author Wang, Yacan
Zhu, Xiaoxia
Lu, Tao
Jeeva, Ananda
author_facet Wang, Yacan
Zhu, Xiaoxia
Lu, Tao
Jeeva, Ananda
author_sort Wang, Yacan
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Purpose: Low-carbon economy requires the pursuit of eco-efficiency, which is a win-win situation between economic and environmental efficiency. In this paper the question of trading off the economic and environmental effects embodied in eco-efficiency in the hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing logistics network design in the context of low-carbon economy is examined. Design/methodology/approach: A multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model to find the optimal facility locations and materials flow allocation is established. In the objective function, three minimum targets are set: economic cost, CO2 emission and waste generation. Through an iterative algorithm, the Pareto Boundary of the problem is obtained.Findings: The results of numeric study show that in order to achieve a Pareto improvement over an original system, three of the critical rates (i.e. return rate, recovery rate, and cost substitute rate) should be increased.Practical implications: To meet the need of low-carbon dioxide, an iso- CO2 emission curve in which decision makers have a series of optimal choices with the same CO2 emission but different cost and waste generation is plotted. Each choice may have different network designbut all of these are Pareto optimal solutions, which provide a comprehensive evaluation of both economics and ecology for the decision making.Originality/value: This research chooses carbon emission as one of the three objective functions and uses Pareto sets to analyze how to balance profitability and environmental impacts in designing remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain in the context of low-carbon economy.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-144622017-09-13T15:54:45Z Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy Wang, Yacan Zhu, Xiaoxia Lu, Tao Jeeva, Ananda eco-efficiency tradeoff hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing system logistic network design pareto improvement low-carbon economy Purpose: Low-carbon economy requires the pursuit of eco-efficiency, which is a win-win situation between economic and environmental efficiency. In this paper the question of trading off the economic and environmental effects embodied in eco-efficiency in the hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing logistics network design in the context of low-carbon economy is examined. Design/methodology/approach: A multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model to find the optimal facility locations and materials flow allocation is established. In the objective function, three minimum targets are set: economic cost, CO2 emission and waste generation. Through an iterative algorithm, the Pareto Boundary of the problem is obtained.Findings: The results of numeric study show that in order to achieve a Pareto improvement over an original system, three of the critical rates (i.e. return rate, recovery rate, and cost substitute rate) should be increased.Practical implications: To meet the need of low-carbon dioxide, an iso- CO2 emission curve in which decision makers have a series of optimal choices with the same CO2 emission but different cost and waste generation is plotted. Each choice may have different network designbut all of these are Pareto optimal solutions, which provide a comprehensive evaluation of both economics and ecology for the decision making.Originality/value: This research chooses carbon emission as one of the three objective functions and uses Pareto sets to analyze how to balance profitability and environmental impacts in designing remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain in the context of low-carbon economy. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14462 10.3926/jiem.665 OmniaScience fulltext
spellingShingle eco-efficiency
tradeoff
hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing system
logistic network design
pareto improvement
low-carbon economy
Wang, Yacan
Zhu, Xiaoxia
Lu, Tao
Jeeva, Ananda
Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title_full Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title_fullStr Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title_full_unstemmed Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title_short Eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
title_sort eco-efficient based logistics network design in hybrid manufacturing/ remanufacturing system in low-carbon economy
topic eco-efficiency
tradeoff
hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing system
logistic network design
pareto improvement
low-carbon economy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14462