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Sustainable supply chains

Often, the greatest environment or societal impacts of supply chains originate not from the main company involved, but rather from earlier parts of the supply chain or from the customer.

As supply chains become ever longer, and networks ever more complex, new challenges arise, posing questions about how we should work with sustainable logistics. In this area, we study the traditional product supply chain as well as the transport supply chain and interaction between different actors involved. For example, we strive to increase our understanding of successful collaboration, innovative tools and methods that help ensure increased sustainability in supply chains.

Sustainable supply chains are one of our eight research areas in climate smart transport systems.

Research projects

Ongoing projects

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Collaboration and working methods for a fossil-free, resilient and competitive transport system

Collaboration between transport companies and transport-buying enterprises (e.g., retailers, industries, and municipalities) is crucial for a resilient and fossil-free transportation system.

Performance management and fossil free freight

Various management and technology-focused actions must be implemented in the freight transport system in the transition towards fossil free freight, but how do companies ensure that performances are moving in the right direction?

Completed projects

Addressing consumer behaviour and circularity related to recycling of window glass

The project deals with the complex problem that known technical solutions are not being utilized by companies, because of the lack of recycling systems and uncertainty of the soft aspects of customer acceptance and demand.

Project page at Linnaeus University

Read more about climate smart transport systems

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Climate smart transport systems

Climate smart transport systems is a highly relevant and fast-developing area, both in research and in practice. Our research asks how logistics systems should be designed and run in order to be more sustainable.

Read more about logistics and transport research at LiU

Logistics

City logistics, environmental logistics, healthcare logistics and construction logistics are some of the areas in which LiU researchers are leading the field. Logistics is a growing research area that is acquiring ever-growing significance.
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Transport

One of LiU's strategically selected areas of development that is of great relevance to our society. The research has three main orientations; The traffic system, the logistics system and the vehicular system.

Organisation

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Logistics and Quality Management (LOGQ)

The Division of Logistics and Quality Management strives to be the most demanded experts and to educate the country's most popular students in logistics and quality management.
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Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.
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About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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