Comparison of methods used in European countries to assess buildings' condition

This paper presents a comparative analysis of methods used in European countries to assess buildings’ condition. The following methods were compared: a Portuguese method to assess buildings condition, an English housing health and safety rating system, a French method to assess buildings that may be declared inhabitable, a Dutch standard about...

Inventory control with product returns: The impact of imperfect information

Product returns are characterized by considerable uncertainty on time and quantity. In the literature on inventory management for product return environments best forecasts of future returns are associated with methods that use the most information regarding product return history. In practice, however, data is often scarce and unreliable, while...

Towards sustainable supply chains: A methodology

Logistics information and knowledge management issues in humanitarian aid organisations

Lean-safe operations for the aviation industry

An exploratory analysis of reverse logistics in Flanders