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Biofuel Supply Chain Network Design and Operations

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Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains

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The rapidly growing biofuel industry poses considerable challenges to its supply chain network design and operations. In this chapter, we introduce key characteristics of the biofuel supply chain that comprises of feedstock production, biomass logistics, biofuel production and distribution. We then discuss the recent literature on biofuel supply chain models. Using an illustrative biofuel supply chain model to facilitate the understanding of the core trade-offs in this context, we discuss various issues including logistics network optimization, transportation and inventory management, uncertainty management, land use competition, governmental policies, and the resulting environmental and social impacts.

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  1. Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 S. 6th St., Champaign, IL, 61820, USA

    Michael K. Lim

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Yanfeng Ouyang

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Lim, M.K., Ouyang, Y. (2016). Biofuel Supply Chain Network Design and Operations. In: Atasu, A. (eds) Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30094-8_9

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