Abstract

More and more organizations are realizing the importance of going green and opting for trade with a greener and cleaner environment concern . Present research work explores how carbon emissions concerns could be incorporated and what impact they would have on a supply chain configuration of a sanitaryware manufacturer offering multiple products manufactured at multiple plants and delivered at multiple locations . The given situation therefore depicts a multi-objective supply chain configuration scenario with respect to total carbon costs and/or level of carbon footprints and duration of inbound and outbound shipments.

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