Objectives and competences
• to upgrade understanding of sustainable action with a focus on sustainable transport,
• to upgrade the knowledge of green technologies and procedures and tools for integration into logistics supply chain,
• to get to know the research area of sustainable supply chains and sustainable transport and to identify it as a possible field of future scientific work,
• be trained to effectively assess problems and design sustainable business models,
• be trained for independent scientific research work in this field,
• get ready for presentation from your research work (articles, papers).
Content (Syllabus outline)
Sustainable transport
Sustainable functioning of supply chains
EU policies and directives on sustainable transport
Sustainable mobility and green technologies
Alternative fuels and technologies in sustainable transport
Electromobility as a serious alternative
Integration of green technologies into sustainable supply chains
Management of sustainable trensport and environmental impact assessment
Designing sustainable business models and systems by integrating new, green, sustainable technologies
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and Understanding:
• Students learn and understand the importance of sustainable transport and knowing how to work sustainably at both company level, supply chain and society level.
• Learn and understand the importance of knowing alternative green technologies.
• They learn and understand philosophy of management, governance and sustainability assessment of supply chains.
• They learn to approach scientific study of sustainable transport and processes and states in sustainable supply chains
• Understand and know how to develop models processes and optimization of the situation of sustainable supply chains with an emphasis on sustainable transport and the integration of green technologies.
Readings
Scipioni, A., Manzardo, A. & Ren, J. (Eds.). (2023). Hydrogen Economy: Processes, Supply Chain, Life Cycle Analysis and Energy Transition for Sustainability. Academic Press. doi:1016/C2021-0-01531-5
Vandycke N. & Viegas J.M. (2022). Sustainable Mobility in a Fast-Changing World: From Concept to Action. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08961-9
Hughes, J., Ralf, M., & Michels, B. (1998). Transform your supply chain: releasing value in business (1st ed.). International Thomson Business Press.
Esty, D. C., & Winston, A. S. (2009). Green to gold: how smart companies use environmental strategy to innovate, create value and build competitive advantage (Revised and updated). J. Wiley & sons.
Sarkis, J. (Ed.). (2006). Greening the Supply Chain. Springer. doi:10.1007/1-84628-299-3
Wang, H.F. & Gupta, S.M. (2011). Green Supply Chain Management. Product Life Cycle Approach. McGraw Hill.
McKinnon, A. C., Browne, M., & Whiteing, A. E. (Eds.). (2012). Green logistics: improving the environmental sustainability of logistics (2nd ed.). Kogan Page.
Grant, D. B., Trautrims, A., & Wong, C. Y. (2013). Sustainable logistics and supply chain management: principles and practices for sustainable operations and management. Kogan Page.
Golinska, P., & Hajdul, M. (Eds.). (2012). Sustainable transport: new trends and business practices. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23550-4
Muneer, T., Kolhe, M. L., & Doyle, A. (Eds.). (2017). Electric vehicles: prospects and challenges. Elsevier.
