[HTML][HTML] Wood pellet supply chain costs–A review and cost optimization analysis

L Visser, R Hoefnagels, M Junginger - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wood pellet-based electricity production has the potential to increasingly contribute to the
achievement of climate targets. A reduction of supply chain costs could contribute to …

Assessment and optimization of sustainable forest wood supply chains–A systematic literature review

A Santos, A Carvalho, AP Barbosa-Póvoa… - Forest Policy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
When it was first introduced, the concept of sustainability in the forestry sector had a narrow
focus on sustainable wood production. Since then, this concept has evolved and it now …

Modelling and optimal lot-sizing of integrated multi-level multi-wholesaler supply chains under the shortage and limited warehouse space: generalised outer …

SA Hoseini Shekarabi, A Gharaei… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Optimal lot-sizing policy in supply chain (SC) has an important role in companies applying
SC management to their system. An excellent lot-sizing policy will control and manage the …

An integrated reliable five-level closed-loop supply chain with multi-stage products under quality control and green policies: Generalised outer approximation with …

A Amjadian, A Gharaei - … Journal of Systems Science: Operations & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we design and optimise an integrated five-level Supply Chain (SC), which
contains a supplier, a producer, a wholesaler, multiple retailers, and a collector. Accordingly …

An integrated reliable four-level supply chain with multi-stage products under shortage and stochastic constraints

A Gharaei, A Amjadian, A Shavandi - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we design and optimise an integrated four-level Supply Chain (SC), which
contains a supplier, a producer, a wholesaler and multiple retailers. The levels cooperate to …

Impacts of the US southeast wood pellet industry on local forest carbon stocks

FX Aguilar, H Sudekum, R McGarvey, B Knapp… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We assessed the net impacts of a wood-dependent pellet industry of global importance on
contemporaneous local forest carbon component pools (live trees, standing-dead trees …

Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain

I Vitale, RG Dondo, M González, ME Cóccola - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
To reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of
energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry …

A flexible robust possibilistic programming approach toward wood pellets supply chain network design

Z Abusaq, MS Habib, A Shehzad, M Kanan, R Assaf - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing energy demand and the detrimental environmental impacts of fossil fuels have
led to the development of renewable energy sources. Rapid demand growth for wood …

Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment of Biomass Pellets Biofuel in Hazara Division, Pakistan

M Hassan, N Usman, M Hussain, A Yousaf, MA Khattak… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
A thorough life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to determine whether wood pellets
were a viable substitute for non-renewable fuels like oil and gas, especially for heating. To …

Industry 4.0 Adoption in Food Supply Chain to Improve Visibility and Operational Efficiency-A Content Analysis

A Kaur, V Potdar, H Agrawal - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Food can become unsafe or contaminated at any point from farm to fork. Customers and
stakeholders are concerned about food safety and prompt delivery. Hence, there is a need …