Reverse logistics is the management of materials and information from the consumer to the point of origin (manufacturer). Post-sale reverse logistics, namely, a specific area of the entrepreneurial logistics for the management of unused or little-used post-sales products, which, for different reasons, are returned to the direct distribution link chain, is studied. The state-of-the-art reverse l...

Reverse Logistics and the management of returned or used merchandise is a growing problem among manufacturers today. In this study we begin by presenting the nature and magnitude of the reverse logistics problem in the industry and a literature survey of the previous research in this area. Reverse Logistics deals with the processes associated with the reverse stream from users/owners to re-user...

This paper presents the main matters of RFID as the modern tool using in reverse logistics management. It is very important to understand the power of reverse logistics, because nowadays the traditional one is not enough to deal with all environmental problems facing companies. The reason for this article is to analyze the reverse logistics evolution, to show its basic terms, rules and conditions.

remanufacturing is an industrial process that makes used products reusable. remanufacturing is a way to establish a closed-loop supply chain. one of the important aspects in both reverse logistics and remanufacturing is pricing of returned and remanufactured products (called cores) that it has been noticed in this paper. in addition, in this paper the researchers have tried to present a mathema...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Reverse logistics Metrics Goal-setting theory Knowledge-based view Partial least squares Business to business reverse logistics processes are shaped in large part by a firm's strategy to meet regulatory (e.g. waste electrical and electronic equipment directive) and certification (e.g. ISO 14000) requirements. Firms adopt both recommended and internally developed ...

Operating reverse logistics in enterprise better or not is directly related to customers’ satisfaction and loyalty. Therefore, many enterprises usually adopt a policy to outsource their reverse logistics in order to strengthen their competence in the market. How to design an incentive mechanism is a key problem in reverse logistics outsourcing management. Through the reputation effects model pu...

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...

Activities in reverse logistics activities are extensively practiced by computer hardware industries. One of the important problems faced by the top management in the computer hardware industries is the evaluation of various alternatives for end-of-life (EOL) computers. Analytic network process (ANP) based decision model presented in this paper structures the problem related to options in rever...

The main objective of this research is to answer the following research question “How should a company design their reverse logistics network in a more efficient or responsive way?” In this research, a conceptual framework has been developed based on several key factors for network design. Through the analysis of each key factor affecting network design decision, we have built a conceptual fram...