Sustainable optimization of supply chains - A global shift in logistics view on social, economic, and environmental sustainability
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Examensarbete på kandidatnivå
Bachelor Thesis
Bachelor Thesis
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2023
Författare
Fox, Birgitta
Samuelsson, Allan
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The purpose of this report is to explore the sustainability aspect of supply chain optimization
by presenting how sustainability is affected by different methods of supply chain optimization.
The entirety of the work was conducted in Gothenburg, Sweden at Chalmers University of
Technology. The research topics were how sustainability is affected by supply chain
optimization and how sustainability can be used to gain market advantages. Different methods
of supply chain optimization was used such as generic algorithms to improve lead times and
quality and lateral collaboration to tighten the supply chain. Interviews were conducted with
employees of different levels at a single global LSP to get practical input from the industry. A
theoretical case was created and used to simulate an optimization and to see how it can improve
sustainability. It was found that effects on sustainability depends largely on the metrics used to
measure the three pillars. By the units of analysis of this report it was concluded that optimizing
a supply chain directly leads to an increase in all three pillars of sustainability.
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sustainability , social sustainability , economic sustainability , environmental sustainability