management model desirable to establish the life cycle of various commodities in different organizations is a closed-loop supply chain. in this paper, according to classic models in white and brown goods, a unified framework is used to implement in a military logistics company. it seems that using this model, improved lifecycle management, environmental conservation and improvement of services ...

With progressing technologies and new features of production, new products compete with older ones in markets. Indeed, new products initiate contest with olden ones and this process repeats in different productions lifetime several times. In this situation recycling the olden products seems to be significant for supply chains. Governments often levy special tariffs for these products as a contr...

An ultra-low voltage phase-locked loop (PLL) is demonstrated in standard 130-nm CMOS technology. The PLL employs a novel low-voltage charge-pump circuit which compensates current and leakage mismatches that result in suppressed reference spurs. Its voltage-controlled oscillator is realized with supply-regulated active-loop filter. Our PLL occupies 0.014 mm and consumes 88 μW at 0.4-V supply for...

Contingency planning is the first stage in developing a formal set of production planning and control activities for the reuse of products obtained via return flows in a closed-loop supply chain. The paper takes a contingency approach to explore the factors that impact production planning and control for closed-loop supply chains that incorporate product recovery. A series of three cases are pr...

This paper presents techniques to assist the power supply designer in accurately modeling and designing the control loop of a switchmode DC/DC power supply. The three major components of the power supply control loop (i.e., the power stage, the pulse width modulator and the error amplifier) are presented with power stage modeling being the focus of this presentation. The power stage is modeled ...

Modeling and optimal solving of supply chain management problems lead to efficient decision making in strategic planning and supply chain operations, resulting in a competitive advantage. Today, with the planning of a sustainable supply chain, in addition to achieving economic goals, it is possible to meet social and environmental objectives and considerations. This research deal with sustainab...

In this article, we introduce and exemplify existing legislation that regulates the end-of-life processing of used products and discuss potential implications of such legislation on closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs). Using a generic CLSC model, we provide our perspective on how such legislation in general influences different stakeholders in closed-loop supply chains.

Under unbalanced supply condition low order harmonics will appear at the input and output terminals of the PWM AC to DC converter. Based on the positive and negative sequence components, an unbalanced transfer matrix in terms of the input phase voltages is derived. An on-line method using a neural network (NN) is used to implement this transfer matrix. It is shown that by using an additional lo...

This research work develops a decision support model for a network design problem concerning a spare parts closed loop supply chain. It involves the formulation of an optimization model that takes on a mid to long-term planning perspective and covers decisions that have lasting and binding impact on organizational performance. These decisions include investment, location assignment, and invento...