Energy and Carbon Dioxide Impacts from Lean Logistics and Retailing Systems: A Discrete-event Simulation Approach for the Consumer Goods Industry
abstract: Consumer goods supply chains have gradually incorporated lean manufacturing principles to identify and reduce non-value-added activities. Companies implementing lean practices have experienced improvements in cost, quality, and demand responsiveness. However certain elements of these pract...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14345 |