Organizations are actively trying to incorporate sustainability considerations in their strategic and operational decision making. Recent studies suggest that business process redesign offers a promising avenue for meeting business goals. In this paper, we build on some recent studies that have shown that vendor-managed inventory-based supply chain coordination not only leads to cost savings, but also is a very useful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Both operational- and emission-related costs are incorporated in such models. We present different ways of structuring the replenishment policy and show that each of the policies leads to different performance outcomes. Furthermore, we also discuss how these policies can be used to cater to the strategic imperatives facing an organization. Implications for proper design of government legislation have also been discussed.

组织正在积极尝试将可持续性考虑因素纳入其战略和运营决策中。最近的研究表明，业务流程的重新设计为实现业务目标提供了有希望的途径。在本文中，我们以最近的一些研究为基础，这些研究表明，由供应商管理的基于库存的供应链协调不仅可以节省成本，而且还是减少温室气体排放的非常有用的工具。与运营相关的成本和与排放相关的成本均已包含在此类模型中。我们提出了构建补货政策的不同方法，并表明每种政策都导致不同的绩效结果。此外，我们还将讨论如何使用这些政策来满足组织面临的战略需求。