IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/endesu/v26y2024i4d10.1007_s10668-023-03057-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Optimizing green supply chain for perishable products considering nano-silver packaging under uncertain demand

Author

Listed:
  • Amir Arabsheybani

    (Kharazmi University)

  • Alireza Arshadi Khamseh

    (Kharazmi University)

  • Mir Saman Pishvaee

    (Iran University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

Traditional supply chain designer has not considered environmental factors during designing a food supply chain. However, the protection of the environment is one of the most important criteria that should be evaluated according to the world environmental protection regulations. Perishable items are one of the most sensitive products in the food supply chain which have limited shelf life criteria besides other complexity of the typical supply chain. Wastage in this supply chain is more than in other food industries. Wastage in final products means waste in natural sources, fertilizers, etc. Therefore, this wastage has a significant influence on the greenness of the chain. Hence, decreasing the waste of perishable products has a significant influence on total profit and environmental criteria. Two main solutions exist to decrease wastes: (1) improve packaging and (2) optimize planning. To improve packaging an efficient biodegradable nano-silver packaging method has been imported into a mathematical model. To optimize planning, a multi-objective mix-integer mathematical model is developed to maximize total profit and minimize total carbon dioxide emissions from transportation. Moreover, to deal with uncertainty, a set-based robust optimization has been applied. The mathematical model optimizes technical decisions of the supply chain in a three-echelon chain. To show the efficiency and applicability of the proposed method, a case study for protein products has been implemented. The results show that it is possible to reduce carbon emissions without increasing the total cost. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis on nano-silver packaging and its influence on profit and the environment has been prepared that shows using nano-silver have a positive influence on profit and greenness of the chain. Graphical Abstract

Suggested Citation

  • Amir Arabsheybani & Alireza Arshadi Khamseh & Mir Saman Pishvaee, 2024. "Optimizing green supply chain for perishable products considering nano-silver packaging under uncertain demand," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(4), pages 8525-8553, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03057-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03057-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10668-023-03057-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10668-023-03057-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03057-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.