Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains

✍ Scribed by Simme Douwe P. Flapper, Jo A.E.E. van Nunen, Luk N. Van Wassenhove (auth.), Dr. Simme Douwe P. Flapper, Professor Dr. Jo A.E.E. van Nunen, Professor Dr. Luk N. Van Wassenhove (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 209
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction Closing supply chains refers to taking care of items once they are no longer desired or can no longer be used by their user. Smart management of closed-loop supply chains means profitable recovery of value from these items (products, functional components, materials or packaging). The company closing the supply chain may be the original equipment manuf- turer (OEM), a distribution partner or a third party not involved in the f- ward distribution. In recent years, the management of closed-loop supply chains has gained importance because of increased legislation on producer respon- bility, requiring companies to take back products from customers and to organize for proper recovery and disposal. This legislation is partially due to increased awareness of environmental issues. However, smart com- nies have also understood that returned products often contain lots of value to be recovered. They manage closed-loop supply chains simply because it is a profitable business proposition.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 3-18
Reverse logistics in a pharmaceutical company: the Schering case....Pages 21-31
Reverse logistics in an electronics company: the NEC-Cl case....Pages 33-39
The chip in crate: the Heineken case....Pages 43-55
Recovery and reuse of maritime containers: the Blue Container Line case....Pages 57-63
Empty container reposition: the port of Rotterdam case....Pages 65-76
Commercial returns of sun-protection products: the L’Oréal France case....Pages 79-86
Commercial returns of printers: the HP case....Pages 87-96
Commercial returns in a mail order company: the Wehkamp case....Pages 97-106
The repair of electronic equipment: the OMRON case....Pages 109-118
Tire recovery: the RetreadCo case....Pages 119-128
The closed-loop supply chain of service parts: the Whirlpool case....Pages 129-137
End-of-lease asset recovery: the Océ case....Pages 141-150
Cellular telephone reuse: the ReCellular Inc. case....Pages 151-156
Recovery of car engines: the Mercedes-Benz case....Pages 157-166
Recovering end-of-life large white goods: the Dutch initiative....Pages 169-181
End-of-life tire recovery: the Thessaloniki initiative....Pages 183-193
Future developments in managing closed-loop supply chains....Pages 197-206

✦ Subjects

Production/Logistics; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Management

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