Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Modularised and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
Table of contents
Companies of the disposal industry use trucks for waste transport to a great extent. This is seen as the result of the distribution of customers, the customer structure, and the ways how waste arises. Even the waste material of nationwide customers is delivered by truck. Companies often do not consider the ecological and economic benefits of using the railway. A network between the waste creators, the transport companies, the disposal company, and the (re)user exists only in some parts. The main aim of the project was the reduction of environmental pollution, caused by transport activity in the field of cycle- and waste-management. For this reason, an integrative approach has been developed which considers ecological, economic, and technical factors. Traffic avoidance and relocation through measures of logistics management is seen as one important step. The object of the study was to reduce the the amount of truck traffic when waste material is picked up at the waste creators and the recycled material is finally delivered to the (re)user. Furthermore, it has been examined how those transports can be relocated to railways.
Environmental and/or economic evaluation of transport processes are part of the project supported by the self-developed ETIENNE tool based on the environmental performance measurement of a supply chain. For the environmental and/or economic evaluation of logistic processes with the help of ETIENNE tool, the followings targets have been defined:
- Comparison of whole supply chains in waste transportation based on their energy consumption and emissions into the air;
- Comparison of combined kinds of transport in waste transportation based on their energy consumption and emissions into the air;
- Comparison of whole supply chains in waste transportation based on the costs/prices.
With this tool it is possible to make a first evaluation of transport processes for the user in the company. That helps to make a decision concerning transportation. Then the main tasks like choice and planning of transportation cooperation, choice of kind of transport, and location decision can be done in environment-oriented and efficient ways. The target group for use of the ETIENNE tool are decision makers of transport processes in waste treatment companies (e.g. transport providers, suppliers, customers, etc.).
The final report for the ETIENNE research project (in German language) is available here:
http://edok01.tib.uni-hannover.de/edoks/e01fb05/483681032.pdf
Leadership
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch, Chair of Business Administration, especially Logistics [Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Logistik]
- Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Martin, Chair of Transportation System Design [Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Verkehrsbau / Verkehrssystemtechnik], Leipzig University
- Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Guenther (Ecological part)
Researcher
- Dipl.-Kfm. Christian Friedrich, Chair of Business Administration, especially Logistics [Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Logistik]
- Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Ralph Kortmann, Chair of Transportation System Design, Leipzig University
- Dipl.-Ing. Vera Farkavcová
Cooperation
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Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Business Administration, particularly Logistic [Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Logistik]
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Leipzig University, Chair of Transportation System Design [Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Verkehrsbau / Verkehrssystemtechnik]
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[Mitteldeutsche Umwelt und Entsorgung GmbH (MUEG), Braunsbedra]
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Building Materials and Disposal, [DB Cargo AG], Leipzig
Term
06/2001 - 09/2003
Financing
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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