Energy Efficient Supply Chains
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 10724
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ιn recent decades, global supply chains are becoming increasingly responsible for energy consumption and carbon output due to manufacturing, logistics operations (transportation of goods and warehousing), and industrial product use as well as their end-of-life management. In this context, there is an urgent demand for energy-efficient supply chains which aim towards minimization in the use of materials, energy consumption, emissions of greenhouse gases or other pollutants, etc., in procurement, production, and distribution. It is evident that the uptake of energy efficiency initiatives at the macroscale may become a major contributor in preventing global warming and in the transition into an inclusive green economy. A transition to low-carbon supply chains could well contribute into keeping global temperature increases under 2 °C whilst establishing the foundation towards sustainable development. In the modern era, there are still enormous untapped opportunities for improving operational efficiency, delivering improved customer goods and experience, and creating new business processes and business models. The supply chain sector is eager to exploit novel technological solutions (industry 4.0, blockchain, use of renewable resources, industrial symbiosis, etc.) to significantly improve its efficiency and provide economic benefits to all links of the supply chains in parallel to environmental performance and corporate social responsibility.
This Special Issue entitled “Energy-Efficient Supply Chains”, seeks to contribute to the energy efficiency agenda through boosting the performance efficiency of supply chain management and supporting the decision-making process of stakeholders via enhanced scientific and multidisciplinary knowledge. To that end, we invite papers on innovative technological developments in the field, reviews, case studies, or pilot studies that demonstrate near-to-market solutions, analyses as well as assessments, and multidisciplinary studies which are relevant to energy efficiency within the area of supply chain management.
Dr. Achillas Charisios
Dr. Dionysis Bochtis
Dr. Dimitris Aidonis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- renewable resources
- bioenergy
- industry 4.0, industrial symbiosis
- sustainability
- transportation
- warehousing
- end-of-life
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