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KR08 Achieving Sustainable Development in Southern California: Collaborative Learning through System Dynamics Modeling
Author(s) -
Madachy Raymond,
Haas Benjamin,
Bradbury Hilary,
Newell Josh,
Rahimi Mansour,
Vos Robert,
Wolch Jennifer
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2008.tb00894.x
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , sustainability , truck , multimodal transport , triple bottom line , business , supply chain , port (circuit theory) , business model , environmental economics , computer science , marketing , engineering , economics , ecology , electrical engineering , machine learning , biology , aerospace engineering
Southern California's gateway to international commerce is through major ports in the San Pedro Bay. The University of Southern California is working with local business and other port stakeholders to enable collaborative learning about sustainable business practices. We are using system dynamics‐based models for participants to locate leverage points that yield the highest CO 2 footprint reduction for the lowest cost for the shipping of goods from China through one of the ports. As goods movement is a process in which numerous business entities connect, it also offers an opportunity for a collaborative learning approach. We model key leverage points in the supply chain to explore the affects of potential business decisions on the CO 2 footprint of shipping containers. These include options for global route choices and clean technologies for ships, rails and trucks. We are expanding the models for refined route options, adding cost functions, and composite clean technology choices across the transport modalities.