Sustainable Logistics

Responses to a Global Challenge
2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-34374-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 518 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 975 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Logistics

Currently the notion of "sustainability" is used in an inflationary manner. Therefore the authors start with a definition which is stable to serve as an anchor for further research as well as for discussions among scientists, managers and politicians, ideally across different disciplines. The character of this book is purely conceptual. The argumentation is based on comparison of new and demanding requisites with existing models (process and network architectures in the field of logistics). Formerly neglected impacts on the environment will be included. Main features of a new approach will be developed which are capable to avoid these impacts and to align logistics with the requirements of sustainability.
In order to make logistics sustainable large parts will have to be reinvented. The focus needs to be on decoupling transportation activities from economic growth rates.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barkawi, Karim

Bretzke, Wolf-Rüdiger

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basics.- Initial Situation and Objective.- What Does “Sustainability” Mean?.-  Factors That Will Force Us to Adjust.-  Strategies and Concepts to Promote Sustainability.- Can “Sustainability” Be Measured?.- Technological Approaches for a More Efficient Usage of Resources and Energy.- Playing Fields of the State and of Politics.- Models for Sustainable Logistics in Companies of Industry and Trade.- Adaptations in Open Transportation Networks.- Models for Cross-Company Cooperations.- Adjustments at the Strategy and Business Model Level.- Summary and Outlook.-  Sustainability as a New Restriction.- The Path Ahead.