Reverse Logistics: Quantitative Models for Closed-Loop Supply Chains

✍ Scribed by Marisa P. de Brito, Rommert Dekker (auth.), Professor Dr. Rommert Dekker, Dr. Moritz Fleischmann, Professor Dr. Karl Inderfurth, Professor Dr. Luk N. Van Wassenhove (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 429
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Reverse logistics concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. Economic, marketing, and legislative drivers increasingly are leading companies to take back and recover their products after use. The arising product flows pose novel challenges for supply chain management.

This book addresses decision making in reverse logistics. It covers a wide range of aspects, related to distribution, production and inventory management, and supply chain management. For each topic, it highlights key managerial issues in real-life examples and explains which quantitative models are available for addressing them. By treating a broad range of issues in a unified way, the book offers the reader a comprehensive view on the field of reverse logistics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Framework for Reverse Logistics....Pages 3-27
Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics Decision Making....Pages 29-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Managing Product Returns: The Role of Forecasting....Pages 45-64
Reverse Logistics Network Design....Pages 65-94
Collection and Vehicle Routing Issues in Reverse Logistics....Pages 95-134
Product and Material Returns: Handling and Warehousing Issues....Pages 135-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Lot Sizing Decisions in Product Recovery Management....Pages 157-179
Stochastic Inventory Control for Product Recovery Management....Pages 181-220
Managing Dynamic Product Recovery: An Optimal Control Perspective....Pages 221-247
Production Planning for Product Recovery Management....Pages 249-274
Valuation of Inventories in Systems with Product Recovery....Pages 275-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Coordination in Closed-Loop Supply Chains....Pages 295-311
Long-term Analysis of Closed-loop Supply Chains....Pages 313-331
LCA as a Tool for the Evaluation of End-of-life Options of Spent Products....Pages 333-356
OR Models for Eco-eco Closed-loop Supply Chain Optimization....Pages 357-379
Information and Communication Technology Enabling Reverse Logistics....Pages 381-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-436

✦ Subjects

Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Operation Research/Decision Theory

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