Environmental Performance Measurement in the Supply Chain using Simulation: The Impact of Alternative Order Patterns

In response to increasing demands of incorporating sustainability concerns into a firm's supply chain management, firms should take actions that exceed their boundaries. As a consequence, firms have recognized the importance of adopting green practices and reducing a combination of different types of indicators, namely operational (e.g. product output, availability, costs), and environmental (e.g. energy consumption, carbon footprint). Within this context, this paper tries to assess the impact of ordering and truck loading policies on both transport costs and CO2 Theodora Trachana, Angeliki Karagiannaki, Katerina Pramatari 2 emissions. The results indicate that bigger order batches can both decrease performance indicators and keep the inbound service level stable.