5th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Green manner factors for logistics

Shahryar Sorooshian
Publisher: IEOM Society International
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Track: Sustainability and Green Systems
Abstract

Green logistics is concerned with producing, supplying and moving goods in a sustainable manner. The advantage of practicing green logistics is not only to the environment but also to the society and businesses. Now-a-days, many companies have put great efforts towards practicing green logistics to obtain benefits and there are claims that green logistics can be an effective tool and strategy to increase competitive advantage for business survival. The objective of this study are to investigate the factors of green logistics practices by the company and next, for the second objective, those factors will be ranked in oder from the most to the least desirable. The analyses which is Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used to analyze the data.

Published in: 5th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: March 3-5, 2015

ISBN: 978-0-9855497-2-5
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767