Estimation of cost and CO2 emissions with a sustainable cross-border supply chain in the automobile industry: A case study of Thailand and neighboring countries

•CO2 emissions per vehicle throughout the cross-border supply chain can be estimated.•Maritime transport for finished vehicles generates a huge amount of CO2 emissions.•Locating production close to the place of consumption should be considered.•Plant location should be considered based on electricit...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inTransportation research. Part D, Transport and environment Vol. 43; pp. 158 - 168
Main Authors Nakamichi, Kumiko, Hanaoka, Shinya, Kawahara, Yuhki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.03.2016
Subjects
Asia
Automobile manufacturers
Automobiles
Automotive components
Automotive engineering
Carbon dioxide
CO2 emissions
Cross-border supply chain
Emission analysis
Supply chains
Sustainability
Thailand
Transportation/production processes
ISEW, Thailand
Cross-border supply chain
Automobile manufacturers
CO2 emissions
Asia
Transportation/production processes
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:•CO2 emissions per vehicle throughout the cross-border supply chain can be estimated.•Maritime transport for finished vehicles generates a huge amount of CO2 emissions.•Locating production close to the place of consumption should be considered.•Plant location should be considered based on electricity emissions factors.•The Myanmar production base scenario can reduce cost and CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions are increasing because of the growth in the cross-border supply chain, which is leading the locations of assembly plants and suppliers to spread across a wider area. Given that one passenger vehicle needs more than 20,000 components and parts, the automobile industry exploits the cross-border supply chain. Recently, the free cross-border movement of people, goods, capital, and information has accelerated in Asia. Therefore, a sustainable cross-border supply chain is required to reduce both CO2 emissions and cost. This study estimates total CO2 emissions per vehicle including production and transportation processes in Thailand and neighboring countries and the change in CO2 emissions based on future policy scenarios that consider the automobile market and locational conditions in 2030. The results show that locating production close to the place of consumption and the electricity emissions factors in each country should be considered.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1361-9209
1879-2340
DOI:10.1016/j.trd.2015.12.018