Browsing by Author "Carrano, Andres L."

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    • Carbon footprint analysis of pallet remanufacturing 

      Roy, Debjit; Thorn, Brian K.; Carrano, Andres L.; Tornese, Fabiana; Pazour, Jennifer A (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016-07-10)
      This research is the first attempt to characterize the carbon equivalent emissions associated with pallet remanufacturing operations for two repositioning scenarios (cross-docking and take-back), and under multiple levels ...

    • Cost-effective pallet management strategies 

      Roy, Debjit; Carrano, Andres L.; Pazour, Jennifer A.; Gupta, Akash (Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
      The existing industry strategies for managing pallets, (single-use expendable pallets, buy/sell programs, and leased pallet pooling programs), are analyzed and compared using push and pull inventory control policies. A ...

    • Investigating the environmental and economic impact of loading conditions and repositioning strategies for pallet pooling providers 

      Roy, Debjit; Tornese, Fabiana; Pazour, Jennifer A.; Thorn, Brian K.; Carrano, Andres L. (Elsevier, 2018-01-20)
      Pallets are fundamental assets critical to worldwide supply chain logistics. This research develops models for closed-loop pallet pooling providers to understand the environmental and economic impact of customer ...

    • Selection of pallet management strategies based on carbon emissions impact 

      Carrano, Andres L.; Pazour, Jennifer A.; Roy, Debjit; Thorn, Brian K. (Elsevier, 2015)
      This work describes the lifecycle of wood pallets as they move through the supply chain and compares the environmental impacts of the three predominant pallet management strategies: single-use expendable, reusable buy/sell, ...