Publication detail

Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia

Hoo P.Y., Bong, C.P.C., Fan Y.V.

Original Title

Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Bioenergy is one of the alternatives to secure energy demand, despite increasing debate on the sustainability of using bioenergy as a renewable source. As the source is disseminated over a large area and affected by seasonality, the potential benefit is highly dependent on other cost and benefit trade-offs along the supply chain. This review paper aims to assess operational management research methods used in biofuel supply chain planning, including both upstream production and international downstream trading. There have been considerable operational management studies done on upstream processes in biofuel production based on different strategic and tactical decision making of a single or multiple feedstocks, considering economic and environmental factor. However, the environmental consideration is often limited to carbon emission where the other environmental impact such as land-use change, biodiversity loss, irrigation and fertilisation are often being overlooked. Biofuel supply chain and trading at international level remain as an apparent research potential where only limited numbers of global energy models explicitly simulate international bioenergy trade. The leading biofuel producing countries in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, are selected as a case study to investigate further on how the supply chain management model could be applied considering the existing biofuel support policies. This study is expected to contribute to the selection of operational management research methods used for decision making under robust policy context, followed by several recommendations.

Keywords

biofuel; bioenergy; supply chain; Malaysia; Indonesia; Thailand; interdisciplinary; integrated assessment; STOCHASTIC-PROGRAMMING APPROACH; 2ND-GENERATION BIOETHANOL; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; INTEGRATED BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; NETWORK DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PALM; BIODIESEL; FEEDSTOCK

Authors

Hoo P.Y., Bong, C.P.C., Fan Y.V.

Released

8. 4. 2020

Publisher

MDPI AG

Location

MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

ISBN

1996-1073

Periodical

ENERGIES

Year of study

7

Number

13

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1799

Pages to

1799

Pages count

26

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/7/1799

BibTex

@article{BUT165395,
  author="Yee Van {Fan}",
  title="Operational Management Implemented in Biofuel Upstream Supply Chain and Downstream International Trading: Current Issues in Southeast Asia",
  journal="ENERGIES",
  year="2020",
  volume="7",
  number="13",
  pages="1799--1799",
  doi="10.3390/en13071799",
  issn="1996-1073",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/7/1799"
}