Related studies investigating the effects of postponement on both economic and environmental outcomes of SCs
| Related studies | Methods | Contextual factors* | Postponement dimensions being considered | Related activities across manufacturing, warehousing and transport* | Related environmental and economic sustainability* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | When | Where | Who | Economic performance | Environmental performance | ||||
| (Yang et al., 2005) | Conceptual study | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | (1), (3), (4) | Inventory and transport cost | Traffic congestion and pollution levels | |
| (Simão et al., 2016) | Simulation modeling | Product and process-related | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | (3) | Inventory and transport costs, responsiveness | CO2 emissions in outbound transport |
| (Ugarte et al., 2016) | Simulation modeling | process-related | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | (1), (3), (4) | Cost, quality and responsiveness | GHG emissions, facility-related emissions |
| (Varsei et al., 2017) | Analytical modeling | Product and country-related | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | (3), (4) | Operational costs, transport cost | CO2 emissions, water availability and usage |
| (Harrison and Skipworth, 2008) | Analytical modeling | Product and country-related | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | (2), (3), (4) | Operational costs | GHG emissions |
| (Jabbarzadeh et al., 2019) | Optimisation modelling | Product and country-related | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | (2), (3) | Operational costs | GHG emissions |
| (Budiman and Rau, 2019) | Optimisation modelling | Product and country-related | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | (1), (2), (4) | Operational costs | GHG emissions, carbon tax and cap |
| Related studies | Methods | Contextual factors* | Postponement dimensions being considered | Related activities across manufacturing, warehousing and transport* | Related environmental and economic sustainability* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | When | Where | Who | Economic performance | Environmental performance | ||||
| ( | Conceptual study | – | (1), (3), (4) | Inventory and transport cost | Traffic congestion and pollution levels | ||||
| ( | Simulation modeling | Product and process-related | – | – | (3) | Inventory and transport costs, responsiveness | CO2 emissions in outbound transport | ||
| ( | Simulation modeling | process-related | – | – | (1), (3), (4) | Cost, quality and responsiveness | |||
| ( | Analytical modeling | Product and country-related | – | – | (3), (4) | Operational costs, transport cost | CO2 emissions, water availability and usage | ||
| ( | Analytical modeling | Product and country-related | – | – | (2), (3), (4) | Operational costs | |||
| ( | Optimisation modelling | Product and country-related | – | – | (2), (3) | Operational costs | |||
| ( | Optimisation modelling | Product and country-related | – | – | (1), (2), (4) | Operational costs | |||
*Specific contextual factors, related activities and environmental and economic outcomes are built on the literature (Supplementary Appendix 1). (1) Product/process modularisation; (2) Product/process standardisation; (3) Centralisation of inventories; (4) Localised manufacturing
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