Present time conditions of modern business environment indicate that the market competition will demand from the participants in supply-chain management abilities which enable instant responses to market requirements. Because of that, intense development of the production is required, especially intense development concerning organization and the automation of complex mechanized transport and warehouse equipment. In order to achieve a higher level of efficiency, the strategy needs to be oriented towards investments in new, smart technology. This CEEPUS network has interrelated objectives: to understand the current situation as regards sustainable logistics in Europe and world, to present a snapshot of the current developments in sustainable logistics, supply chains and innovative services in different countries participants, to provide insight into the trade-off between environmental impacts, cost and supply-chain performance under different transport strategies oriented towards smart technology, etc. Many companies are limited to measuring the sustainability of their own business operations and are unable to extend this evaluation to their suppliers and customers. This makes determining their true environmental costs highly challenging and reduces their ability to remove waste from the supply chains. However much progress has been made in defining supply chain sustainability and benchmarking tools are now available that enable sustainability action plans to be developed and implemented.


Contact Person: Prof. dr Milan Rackov
Period of realization: 2023 – 2024
ID: CIII-RS-1511-04-2324