Due to the emergence of e-commerce and the proliferation of liberal return policies, product returns have become daily routines for many companies. Considering the significant impact of product returns on the company’s bottom line, a growing number of companies have attempted to streamline the reverse logistics process. Products are usually returned to initial collection points (ICPs) in small ...

In order to solve the optimization problem of logistics distribution system for fresh food, this paper provides a low-carbon and environmental protection point of view, based on the characteristics of perishable products, and combines with the overall optimization idea of cold chain logistics distribution network, where the green and low-carbon location-routing problem (LRP) model in cold chain...

Reverse logistics, the movement of materials back up the supply chain, is being recognized by many organizations as an opportunity for adding value. While global environmental concerns have been the motivation for initiating the field of reverse logistics, businesses have discovered that valuable commercial opportunities are embedded in reverse logistics. The management of customer returns of p...

This study was aimed at evaluating the performance of the reverse logistics process in the automotive industry. Fuzzy logic was applied in assessing the performance of the reverse logistics process using a case study. Linguistic variables were used to represent the performance of the metrics, and the variables were converted into fuzzy numbers. Fuzzy operators were applied to these numbers to o...

A dynamic robust optimization model is established based on the objective of profit maximization to deal with the uncertainty of the problem through formulating a robust linear programming model. An equivalent robust optimization model using duality theory and auxiliary problem principle is obtained which allows the solutions to be derived more efficiently. Following the numerical simulation an...

complies with the regulations of the University and meets the acceptable standards with respect to originality and quality. Abstract Design of RFID-enabled Aircraft Reverse Logistics Network Simulation Kehinde Oluyemisi Adetiloye The reverse logistics (RL) of aircrafts pose a big challenge to its owners due to the complexity of its RL network, and the inherit problems of realizing a reliable sy...

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The design of closed-loop logistics (forward and reverse logistics) has attracted growing attention with the stringent pressures of customer expectations, environmental concerns and economic factors. This paper considers a multi-product, multi-period and multi-objective closed-loop logistics network model with regard to facility expansion as a facility location–allocation problem, which more cl...

Recent literature on sustainable logistics networks points to two important questions: (i) How to spot the preferred solution(s) balancing environmental and business concerns? (ii) How to improve the understanding of the trade-offs between these two dimensions? We posit that a visual exploration of the efficient frontier and trade-offs between profitability and environmental impacts are particu...