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Impact of Standardized Reusable Packaging on a Supply Chain Design and Environmental Efficiency

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Advances in Design, Simulation and Manufacturing VI (DSMIE 2023)

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Reusable packaging is more and more commonly used in business practice. Numerous researchers attempt to identify the correlation between the parameters of a supply chain based on the standard logistic units. This paper aims to analyze the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of transport processes in a supply chain, considering various reusable packaging variants. The novelty of the approach is based on the use of environmental assessment when evaluating the efficiency of the modeled solution. Based on the conducted literature and exploratory research, it can be stated that the implementation of standardized reusable packaging affects the design of the supply chain and its parameters. The presented case study outlines the direct impact of changes on environmental efficiency within the sustainable supply chain based on the application of standardized logistics units. The proposed changes influence is focused on reducing the carbon footprint of the entire supply chain.

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Acknowledgment

Damian Dubisz would like to thank the Ministry of Education and Science for funding his research within the framework of the Applied Doctorate Program of the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland (Program Doktorat Wdrozeniowy Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki) implemented in years 2021–2025 (Contract No. DWD/5/0015/2021 dated 23/12/2021).

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  1. Poznan University of Technology, 2, J. Rychlewski St, 60-965, Poznan, Poland

    Damian Dubisz & Paulina Golinska-Dawson

  2. Poznan School of Logistics in Poznan, 6, Estkowskiego St, 61-755, Poznan, Poland

    Adam Kolinski

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  1. Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine

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  2. Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

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  3. Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine

    Ivan Pavlenko

  4. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

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  5. Technical University of Košice, Prešov, Slovakia

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Dubisz, D., Golinska-Dawson, P., Kolinski, A. (2023). Impact of Standardized Reusable Packaging on a Supply Chain Design and Environmental Efficiency. In: Ivanov, V., Trojanowska, J., Pavlenko, I., Rauch, E., Piteľ, J. (eds) Advances in Design, Simulation and Manufacturing VI. DSMIE 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32767-4_10

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