Viola Rühlin

Projects

• Knoweldge transfer of circular economy principles into the heatpump industry / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Sustainable and Circular Supply Chains for the MEM-industry: a systemic approach for a net zero world / Team member / ongoing
• Smart UMH: Smart urban multihub concept: Sustainable and liveable cities with low logistics visibility / Team member / ongoing
• Development of a tool to collect scope 1 and 2 emissions for SME / Team member / completed
• Frigero - Towards energy autonomous temperature-controlled supply chains / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Rühlin, V., Scherrer, M., Crijns-Graus, W., & Worrell, E. (2025). Marginal abatement cost curves for cold food supply chains : a hybrid adoption of the practice-based and supply-chain practice view. Journal of Cleaner Production, 518(145902). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145902
• Rühlin, V., Del Duce, A., & Scherrer, M. (2023). The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping. Sustainability, 15(14), 11058. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411058

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2024). Identifying configuration dimensions for temperature-controlled supply chains under the contingencies of climate change. 31st European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Sant Cugat, Spain, 29 June - 4 July 2024.
• Scherrer, M., Steiner, A., & Rühlin, V. (2023). Greening urban logistics : introducing a method to evaluate optimised decoupling hub locations [Conference paper]. Transportation Research Procedia, 72, 572–579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.441
• Rühlin, V., Weingart, J. N., & Scherrer, M. (2023, July 1). Sourcing decisions for plant-based food alternatives in the context of the triple bottom line. 30th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Leuven, Belgium, 1-6 July 2023.
• Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2023, June). Distribution of power as moderator between supply chain integration and environmental performance. 10th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Hamburg, Germany, 20-23 March 2023.
• Doege, P., Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2023, June). Digitalization-enabled supply chain redesign for more sustainability in the apparel industry. 10th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Hamburg, Germany, 20-23 March 2023.
• Scherrer, M., Steiner, A., & Rühlin, V. (2022). Decoupling hubs for sustainable urban logistics : introducing a method to define optimal locations. 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM), Online, 23-25 August 2022.
• Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2022, November). Towards net zero-emission logistics cold chains. 9th Transport Research Arena (TRA), Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17 November 2022.
• Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2022, July). Identifying environmental improvement potentials in temperature-controlled supply chains through advanced value stream mapping : a case study in the vegetables and fruits industry. 29th International Annual EurOMA Conference, Berlin, Germany, 1-6 July 2022.
• Rühlin, V., Del Duce, A., & Scherrer, M. (2022, March). Assessment of environmental impacts of online and physical retail channels in medicine trades. 9th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Zagreb, Croatia, 21-22 March 2022.
• Doege, P., Rühlin, V., & Scherrer, M. (2022, March). Beyond the carbon footprint : a holistic sustainability assessment of trade across online and offline retail channels. 9th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Zagreb, Croatia, 21-22 March 2022.
• Scherrer, M., & Rühlin, V. (2021, March). Design principles for energy autonomous logistics cold chains. 8th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum, Online, 22-23 March 2021.

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