August 2016

Analysis of the environmental effects of international outsourcing: Study of the iron casting industry

The international outsourcing of intermediate products is a common practice in manufacturing. Although outsourcing labor- and resource-intensive production to developing countries is based on financial motives, the decision should also be evaluated from an environmental perspective at a global scale. In this study, the environmental effects of four supply chain scenarios are analyzed through a life-cycle assessment...

Author(s): Mehmet Emre Bahadir