How can wasteful handling of such precious goods as food and pharmaceuticals be reduced between production and consumption? This was the key question at the beginning of this research project. Having witnessed vivid and frank discussions between logistics experts from all segments of the cold chain in conferences and workshops during my work for the Cool Chain Association (CCA), I became incre…
The purpose of this paper is to introduce an innovative data envelopment analysis (DEA) model entitled “Non-binary Arithmetic Operator Dual-role” (NAOD) under free disposability assumption for selecting the refrigerated containers in cold chain management (CCM).