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AN EXAMINATION OF REVERSE LOGISTICS PRACTICES

✍ Scribed by Dale S. Rogers; Ronald Tibben-Lembke

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 81 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0735-3766
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2001.tb00007.x

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✦ Synopsis

Managing reverse logistics is becoming an important element of supply chain management and, in some cases, a profit generating function. In this paper, reverse logistics activities and key reverse logistics management methodologies are discussed, as well as their benefits and the barriers to successful implementation. Economic and supply chain issues related to reverse logistics are examined, and a working definition of reverse logistics is developed.

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