The performance assessment of supply chains including sustainability dimensions of economic, environmental and social is a significant aspect for managers and decision makers. Furthermore, imprecise data are presented in many real world applications. Therefore, the current paper proposes an approach based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze the revenue efficiency of sustainable supply...

Abstract With an expected growth of global waste to 3.40 billion tonnes by 2050 and a circularity today only 8.6% the world, earth’s sustainable resources are being exploited beyond their regeneration capacity. Hence, it is necessary step away from take – make dispose principal transform linear towards circular economy close product cycles optimize resource consumption reduce waste. Product-Ser...

This paper discusses the impact of collection cost structure on the optimal reverse channel choice in decentralized uncoordinated supply chains. Using collection cost functions that capture collection rate and collection volume dependency, we show that the optimal reverse channel choice is driven by how the cost structure moderates the manufacturer’s ability to shape the retailer’s sales and co...

This paper reviews the practice in reverse logistics through published literature. The objective of this study is to encourage and provide researchers with future research directions in reverse logistics. Since supply chains are designed for forward flow, integrating product recovery into the network design poses a major challenge. An important assignment of top management is to analyse the obs...

results responsiveness, effectiveness, and flexibility with eigenvalue of 2.628 were identified as the main aspects of agility in humanitarian health supply chains. the components of visibility, reactivity, and speed were identified as components of responsiveness. quality, reliability, and completeness were identified as components of effectiveness. volume, delivery, mix, and product were know...

INTRODUCTION: Supply chains face various disruptions from human-made to natural disasters preventing proper flow of materials and products. This problem is more important in the healthcare supply chains, especially the blood supply chains, in which human lives are at risk. Making the supply chains resilient, recently addressed by managers and researchers, can be a good way to tackle them. This ...

In this paper we study how value should be regained from returns. We define typical returns and their matching optimal reverse chains. We argue that integration with the forward chain provides the best opportunities, in particular when based on modular reuse. Real closed loop supply chains based on modular reuse however require closing goods flows, but also informational and market loops. To th...

Reverse supply chain is a process dealing with the backward flows of used/damaged products or materials. Reverse supply chain includes activities such as collection, inspection, reprocess, disposal and redistribution. A well-organized reverse supply chain can provide important advantages such as economic and environmental ones. In this study, we propose a general framework and formulate a m...