Sustainability from project logistics perspective
Leskinen, Eliisa (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202402213242
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202402213242
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The thesis was carried out for a globally operating European company in the field of mining and technology industry. The task was to develop practical proposals for promoting sustainable development from an environmental point of view through project logistics activities. The aim was to promote the achievement of the company's sustainable development goals through concrete measures.
As a research method of the thesis both qualitative and quantitative approaches were utilized. The qualitative method was used as the main method, utilizing unstructured individual interviews and extensive literature review. The quantitative method was used as a supportive additional method utilizing the company's internal data and analysis tool.
As a result of the thesis, practical solutions were obtained in three different time approaches or short, medium, and long. The fastest implementation was found to be solutions related to sustainable packaging, more time-consuming was found to be intermodal transportation solution in terms of long deliveries, and the most time-consuming was found to be a more comprehensive solution in the form of a circular logistics chain.
Based on the results of the thesis, several directions of further research were created. The first proposal was the future implementation of a similar study. In addition, suggestions were made regarding the preparation of sustainable packaging guidelines and a mapping of deployment options of intermodal transport and circular logistics chain in the company's project logistics operations.
As a research method of the thesis both qualitative and quantitative approaches were utilized. The qualitative method was used as the main method, utilizing unstructured individual interviews and extensive literature review. The quantitative method was used as a supportive additional method utilizing the company's internal data and analysis tool.
As a result of the thesis, practical solutions were obtained in three different time approaches or short, medium, and long. The fastest implementation was found to be solutions related to sustainable packaging, more time-consuming was found to be intermodal transportation solution in terms of long deliveries, and the most time-consuming was found to be a more comprehensive solution in the form of a circular logistics chain.
Based on the results of the thesis, several directions of further research were created. The first proposal was the future implementation of a similar study. In addition, suggestions were made regarding the preparation of sustainable packaging guidelines and a mapping of deployment options of intermodal transport and circular logistics chain in the company's project logistics operations.