Carbon Policies in Network Distribution: A Simulation Approach for Sustainable Supply Chains

Marina Meireles Pereira; Elias Ribeiro da Silva; Arne Bilberg

doi:10.1109/WSC57314.2022.10015287

Carbon Policies in Network Distribution: A Simulation Approach for Sustainable Supply Chains

Marina Meireles Pereira^*, Elias Ribeiro da Silva, Arne Bilberg

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

New carbon policies are being introduced by many countries due to stricter sustainability targets. However, the existing research lacks investigation on how carbon policies influence supply chain distribution networks. In this paper, we investigate how different network policies would influence the supply chain carbon footprint and costs while analyzing how different strategies to minimize the total emissions potentially influence the network distribution operation. A simulation approach is used to investigate the impact of carbon policies in a retail company. The case study results show that adopting a carbon emission policy represents a small increase in transportation costs despite affecting omni-channel distribution network strategies to reduce transportation carbon emissions. This research is expected to be useful to support companies with a new approach for a more data-driven decision-making process toward sustainable distribution networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2023
Pages	1830-1840
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-7662-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-7661-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC57314.2022.10015287
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2022 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2022 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 11. Dec 2022 → 14. Dec 2022

Conference

Conference	2022 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2022
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	11/12/2022 → 14/12/2022

Series	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
ISSN	0891-7736

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Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Fabrikant Mads Clausen Fond, Denmark, for the project “Simulation Lab – Enabling simulation along the value chain”.

Keywords

supply chain
network distribution
simulation
carbon neutrality
carbon policy
sustainability

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Pereira, MM , Ribeiro da Silva, E & Bilberg, A 2023, Carbon Policies in Network Distribution: A Simulation Approach for Sustainable Supply Chains. in 2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). IEEE, Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1830-1840, 2022 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2022, Singapore, Singapore, 11/12/2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC57314.2022.10015287

Carbon Policies in Network Distribution : A Simulation Approach for Sustainable Supply Chains. / Pereira, Marina Meireles ; Ribeiro da Silva, Elias ; Bilberg, Arne.

2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). IEEE, 2023. p. 1830-1840 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference).

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