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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Ecologically Friendly Sourcing in Developing Countries: A Non-Food Case Study
Beteiligte:
De Leeuw, Sander;
Dullaert, Wout;
Ouaderzan, Abderrahim
Erschienen:
MDPI AG, 2017
Erschienen in:
Logistics, 1 (2017) 1, Seite 6
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3390/logistics1010006
ISSN:
2305-6290
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<jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to investigate how nearby sourcing versus long-distance sourcing affects the ecological friendliness—operationalized in terms of energy efficiency—of a supply chain for a non-food item in a developing country. Using case research, we show that the average energy needed to supply a pair of imported shoes to a retailer in Morocco is less than the average energy needed to supply a pair of locally produced shoes. These findings highlight the need to assess the true total energy effects of nearby sourcing versus long-distance sourcing since the outcomes of such assessments may be more complicated than they appear upon first glance, particularly in developing countries.</jats:p>