Under third-party power intervention (TPPI), which increases uncertainty in task environments, complex channel power interplays and restructuring are indispensable among green supply chain members as they move toward sustainable collaborative relationships for increased viability and competitive advantage. From the resource dependence perspective, this work presents a novel conceptual model to ...

Green supply chain management (GrSCM) has its roots in supply chain management (SCM) and environmental management. In fact, adding ‘‘green’’ concept into traditional SCM leads to studying environmental impact of SCMrelated processes. Logistics activities which form the main part of SCM-related processes belong to the most influential sources of environmental pollution and greenhouse emissions w...

This paper addresses the optimal design and planning of biomass-to-liquids (BTL) supply chains under economic and environmental criteria. The supply chain consists of multisite distributed-centralized BTL processing networks. The economic objective is measured by the total annualized cost, and the measure of environmental performance is the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. A bi-criterion, m...

The rapidly growing biofuel industry poses considerable challenges to its supply chain network design and operations. In this chapter, we introduce key characteristics of the biofuel supply chain that comprises of feedstock production, biomass logistics, biofuel production and distribution. We then discuss the recent literature on biofuel supply chain models. Using an illustrative biofuel suppl...

Despite the increased amount of attention to developing lean and green supply chains, there is a lack of comprehensive frameworks and a shortage of information on how to integrate environmental initiatives and lean techniques into supply chain functions. This has mainly occurred as a result of four challenges: conceptual, technical, operational, and measurement. To face these challenges, a prac...

This is an exploratory research study that aims at serving as a primer on key concepts related to the development, status, practices and other constructs of green supply chain management (GSCM). It involves adopting an environmentally-conscious mindset in conducting company level, strategic, tactical and operational processes and is closely related to the broader concept of sustainability. Sinc...