With globalization of business, firms are sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing goods across the globe. These extended supply networks have long replenishment lead-times which often lead to substantial imbalances between the facilities where some facilities have excess inventories while others have lower than desired inventory levels. In this study, we first conduct a series of experiments to provide managerial insights on the deployment of supply routing tactics (diversion, expedite, and transshipment) under different exogenous operating conditions in terms of suppliers, network configurations and product types. Subsequently, we evaluate how incorporating carbon emission concerns would impact the deployment of these tactics.
Carbon Footprint and the Adoption of Supply Routing Tactics in Multi-Facility Networks
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