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Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles in digital supply chains: A framework for integrating innovations towards sustainable value networks

Dimitrios Bechtsis, Naoum Tsolakis, Dimitrios Vlachos, Jagjit Singh Srai · 2018 · Journal of Cleaner Production

Summary. This paper develops a software framework for integrating intelligent autonomous vehicles into sustainable supply chains. The researchers review existing simulation tools, create an integrated framework to monitor supply chain sustainability performance with autonomous vehicles, translate it into a working software application through a five-stage process, and demonstrate the tool using a warehouse model. The framework enables flexible, decentralized supply chain reconfiguration and helps operations managers assess autonomous vehicle performance while tracking sustainability metrics.

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Bechtsis, D., Tsolakis, N., Vlachos, D., & Srai, J. S.. (2018). Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles in digital supply chains: A framework for integrating innovations towards sustainable value networks. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.173

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DOI
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.173
Countries
Greece, United Kingdom
Regions
Europe
Categories
innovation-networks, climate-and-environment, general-innovation
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2026-04-28