GHG emissions of supply chains from different retail systems in Europe
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An approach has been developed to collect data and measure energy use and GHG emissions from logistics activities for product supply chains. This approach has been used to assess the GHG efficiency of several supply chains of the same product marketed through different types of retail systems in Europe. The retail types considered are hyper and supermarkets, corner shops, open-air markets, producer's basket direct sale, farm shops and e-commerce; Their GHG efficiencies are quantified and compared for food products, considering whole supply chains from the farm gate where they are grown to the consumer's home. This supply chain efficiency approach highlights the importance of the various operations carried out within the supply chains, such as transport, warehousing, the shop itself, and even consumer behaviour for the last mile. While supermarkets in towns, shops included in a delivery system, or open air markets in town centre appears to be very efficient, rural area and independent shops with lower turnover are less favourable. Indeed, the outcomes of an online consumer survey show large differences amongst the GHG efficiency values for all these retail systems. Therefore, potential logistics choices for improving the supply chain performance could be identified.
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As online shopping and just-in-time manufacturing become more prevalent, better demand forecasts will be needed on a regional level to efficiently distribute inventory.
“As online shopping and just-in-time manufacturing become more prevalent and websites offer more product types than physical storefronts, better demand forecasts will be needed on a regional level to efficiently distribute inventory without letting unwanted goods travel long distances only to languish in warehouses [685].”
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- In E.C. Lyons (Ed), Supply chain innovations: people, practice and performance. Proceedings of the Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2008, 358-363. Northhampton: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
- Authors
- Rizet, C., Cornélis, E., Browne, M., & Léonardi, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Westminster (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Léonardi, Jacques
- Venue
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 6154-6164
- ISSN
- 1877-0428 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1994221850
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 11
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- FWCI
- 18.38
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Repository of the University of Namur (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Université de Namur
- Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie
- University of Westminster
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- greenhouse gas emissions, food supply chain, retail systems, hypermarkets, supermarkets, corner shops, open-air markets, farm shops, e-commerce, energy consumption, supply chain efficiency, consumer behavior, last-mile transport, European retail
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