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Managementul mediului şi orientarea către mediul înconjurător al deciziilor logistice
Environmental Management and the Orientation in Logistic Decisions

Author(s): Mihaela Drăgan, Johannes Kneifel, Liviu Ilieş
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Alma Mater & Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: environmental management; logistics; transportation; industrial system

Summary/Abstract: Environmental management and the orientation in logistic decisions. The article shows an integrated view of environmental management in the framework of the orientation in logistic decisions and offer an overview of key issues centred around the relationship between logistic and transport – related environmental decay in the ecological economics. The total effect of logistics and transportation on the environment originates from complex changes in the scale, structural, technological and product effects of the industrial system. Various conflicts between logistic and the environment are pointed out and also the impact of the implementation of the ISO 14001: 2004 according to the Plan-Do-Check- Act cycle of continuous improvement. The article closes with some suggestions concerning the implementation of efficient instruments of pollution prevention. To reduce these negative effects there must be take into account the objectives of logistic management and it is necessary to act in concordance with the principles of environmental protection

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 47-57
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian