At the strategic level, closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management involves long-term decisions regarding the location and capacity allocation of forward/reverse logistics facilities, the assignment of products to facilities, and the distribution of products between facilities and their end users or suppliers. Both demand and return handling must be taken into account, and the overall problem b...

We consider competition between two decentralized supply chains network under demand uncertainty. Each chain consists of one risk-averse manufacturer and a group of risk-averse retailers. These two chains present substitutable products to the geographical dispensed markets. The markets’ demands are contingent upon prices, service levels, and advertising efforts of two supply chains. We formulat...

Fierce competition in today’s global markets, the introduction of products with shorter and shorter design and life cycles, and heightened expectation of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in, and focus much attention on their supply chains. This, coupled with advances and evolution in the fields of information systems, communication and transportation technologies (for exampl...

Many authors and researchers cite Dell’s supply chain as a model of excellence, yet few look at the entire closed-loop supply chain and the prevalent inventory and logistics techniques that enable this complex process to work. The techniques reviewed include – postponement, modularity, vendor managed inventory, supply chain partnerships, and demand management. The analysis involves examining ho...

In this work, the design of supply chains with reverse flows is studied in a multiobjective context. A MILP model is developed for the optimization of the supply chain structures where both environmental impacts and costs are considered. An optimal Pareto front is obtained that plays an important role in evaluating the best locations of all the entities in the supply chain while accounting for ...

  Over the years we have witnessed the growing importance of supply chain operations and supply chain management (SCM), as supply chains play a major role in every step of the product life cycle. Therefore, this paper will DEA-based performance evaluation approaches for overall supply chain can be categorized. Future perspectives and challenges are discussed

in the last two decades due to globalization of supply chain, enormous changes occurred in chains. leaders in this field, always facing new risks and disorders that should prepare themselves to deal with them. in the recent years, sanctions as one of the most serious risks have damaged the supply chains. however, in the research related to global supply chains, modeling of disruption has been n...

Abstract Due to the complex nature of some products and different quality returns, in closed-loop supply chains there might be types reverse processes flows, including repaired, refurbished, remanufactured, or recycled goods. These reprocessed goods return echelons chain according their quality, volume each type flow ( i.e. returns share) may significantly vary between chains, affecting dynamic...