Vol. 9 Issue 1 pp. 000‐000 There is a growing need for integrating environmentally sound choices into supply-chain management research and practice. Perusal of the literature shows that a broad frame of reference for green supply-chain management (GrSCM) is not adequately developed. Regulatory bodies that formulate regulations to meet societal and ecological concerns to facilitate growth of business and economy also suffer from its absence. A succinct classification to help academicians, researchers and practitioners in understanding integrated GrSCM from a wider perspective is needed. Further, sufficient literature is available to warrant such classification. This paper takes an integrated and fresh look into the area of GrSCM. The literature on GrSCM is covered exhaustively from its conceptualization, primarily taking a ‘reverse logistics angle’. Using the rich body of available literature, including earlier reviews that had relatively limited perspectives, the literature on GrSCM is classified on the basis of the problem context in supply chain’s major influential areas. It is also classified on the basis of methodology and approach adopted. Various mathematical tools/techniques used in literature vis-a-vis the contexts of GrSCM are mapped. A timeline indicating relevant papers is also provided as a ready reference. Finally, the findings and interpretations are summarized, and the main research issues and opportunities are highlighted.

Green supply‐chain management: A state‐of‐the‐art literature review

In this paper the authors review the developments of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) since its inception. The focus of this paper is a neutral review on the methodological developments rather than reporting its applications that have appeared since its introduction. In particular, we discuss problem modelling, pair-wise comparisons, judgement scales, derivation methods, consistency indices, incomplete matrix, synthesis of the weights, sensitivity analysis and group decisions. All have been important areas of research in AHP.

https://pure.port.ac.uk/ws/files/94447/AHP_review_Preprint.pdf

Review of the main developments in the analytic hierarchy process

Firms operating in an international environment face a host of uncertainties that make it difficult to meet deadlines reliably. To be reliable in an uncertain and changing environment, firms must be able to quickly respond to changes. The ability to do this in a useful time frame is called agility. Unfortunately, measures taken to increase agility often lead to increases in complexity, which works against agility. We propose a theoretical construct linking elements of uncertainty with aspects of agility, pointing out the two‐edged nature of the requisite capabilities. We illustrate our points with examples from five case studies.

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International supply chain agility ‐ Tradeoffs between flexibility and uncertainty

Invited Review: Industrial aspects and literature survey: Combined inventory management and routing

Manufacturing technology and strategy formulation: keys to enhancing competitiveness and improving performance

Incorporating transportation costs into inventory replenishment decisions

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=managementfacpub

Evaluating vendor-managed inventory (vmi) in non-traditional environments using simulation

Decision environments involve the need to solve problems with varying degrees of uncertainty as well as multiple, potentially conflicting objectives. Chance constraints consider the uncertainty encountered. Codes incorporating chance constraints into a mathematical programming model are not available on a widespread basis owing to the non-linear form of the chance constraints. Therefore, accurate linear approximations would be useful to analyse this class of problems with efficient linear codes. This paper presents an approximation formula for chance constraints which can be used in either the single- or multiple-objective case. The approximation presented will place a bound on the chance constraint at least as tight as the true non-linear form, thus overachieving the chance constraint at the expense of other constraints or objectives.

A linear approximation for chance-constrained programming

Estimating freight rates for logistics decisions.

Supply chains are critical to global operations. However, they involve many risks that require consideration of trade-offs. Furthermore, consideration of the environment is becoming critical as well. This paper views supply chain decision-making from a system perspective, using multiple criteria decision-making as a framework. Systems perspectives of supply chains are discussed. Criteria and factors are reviewed for green supply chain management, supply chain risk, and supply chain efficiency. Selected papers balancing criteria in supply chain decision-making are reviewed with the purpose of demonstrating risk and environmental criteria with efficiency. The conclusions discuss how systemic features are demonstrated by these decision-making criteria. It is contended that consideration of systemic trade-offs will lead to sounder supply chain decision-making. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Scott R. Swenseth

Papers

Incorporating transportation costs into inventory replenishment decisions

Evaluating vendor-managed inventory (vmi) in non-traditional environments using simulation

A linear approximation for chance-constrained programming

Estimating freight rates for logistics decisions.

Trade‐offs in Supply Chain System Risk Mitigation