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A methodology for the inclusion of sustainability assessment in the design of supply chains is introduced, with the aim of taking into account a sustainability perspective in logistics and industrial allocation choices. The presented approach is based on the initial collection and organization of data related to all stages of the product life cycle and of the possible alternative choices to be made for each production and transport stage. An optimization algorithm is then used to prune the space of alternative solutions and an advanced and flexible graphical user interface allows the exploration of the solution space.
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The project was partially supported by the Commission for Technology and Innovation of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, project number 12400.1 PFES-ES. The authors also wish to acknowledge the contribution of Nicola Vermes in the implementation of the EcoLogTex software tool.
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Rizzoli, A.E., Montemanni, R., Bettoni, A., Canetta, L. (2015). Software Support for Sustainable Supply Chain Configuration and Management. In: Hilty, L., Aebischer, B. (eds) ICT Innovations for Sustainability. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 310. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_16
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