Design and Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks

Design and Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks
Author: Subramanian Pazhani
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-10-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780367537517

This book provides insights for designing supply chain networks by understanding and incorporating key return parameters into the network design, which will affect profitability.

Closed-Loop Supply Chains

Closed-Loop Supply Chains
Author: Mark E. Ferguson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1420095269

Closed-loop supply chain activities such as remanufacturing, recycling, dismantling for spare parts, and reverse logistics have helped many companies tap into new revenue streams by finding secondary markets for their products, all while reducing their overall carbon footprint. Written by academic experts, in language that is accessible to practitioners, this authoritative resource examines recent research and case studies of companies running profitable reuse/remanufacture operations in various industries. It illustrates profitable practices in returned and recovered products, clearly explaining how to: design a reverse logistics network, conduct production planning, implement effective marketing strategies, and apply closed-loop supply chain strategies in industries besides manufacturing. From product development to materials to assembly and profitability, this complete resource explores the impact of these processes across all aspects of the supply chain.

Reverse Logistics

Reverse Logistics
Author: Rommert Dekker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 354024803X

This book addresses decision making in reverse logistics, which concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. It covers a wide range of aspects, related to distribution, production and inventory management, and supply chain management. For each topic, it highlights key managerial issues in real-life examples and explains which quantitative models are available for addressing them. By treating a broad range of issues in a unified way, the book offers the reader a comprehensive view on the field of reverse logistics.

Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics

Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics
Author: Moritz Fleischmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 364256691X

Economic, marketing, and legislative considerations are increasingly leading companies to take back and recover their products after use. From a logistics perspective, these initiatives give rise to new goods flows from the user back to the producer. The management of these goods flows opposite to the traditional supply chain flows is addressed in the recently emerged field of Reverse Logistics. This monograph considers quantitative models that support decision making in Reverse Logistics. To this end, several recent case studies are reviewed. Moreover, first hand insight from a study on used electronic equipment is reported on. On this basis, logistics issues arising in the management of "reverse" goods flows are identified. Moreover, differences between Reverse Logistics and more traditional logistics contexts are highlighted. Finally, attention is paid to capturing the characteristics of Reverse Logistics in appropriate quantitative models.

Design and Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks

Design and Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks
Author: Subramanian Pazhani
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000359913

Closed loop supply chains and their management have become mandatory for firms to stay competitive and profitable. This book provides insights into designing supply chain networks by understanding and incorporating key return parameters into the network design, which will affect profitability. The book discusses how customer categories and their acceptance behavior are incorporated into the network design. It also shows how to analyze the interaction of parameters on supply chain network design and profitability, offers modeling framework for incorporating uncertainties in the return product parameters, and shows how to design a robust network. Invaluable for managers in designing a sustainable, robust, and profitable supply chain network and ideal for managers, practitioners, and researchers in the area of supply chain network design and optimization.

Industrial Engineering in the Industry 4.0 Era

Industrial Engineering in the Industry 4.0 Era
Author: Fethi Calisir
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2017-12-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 331971225X

This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE), held in Vienna on July 20-21, 2017. They offer a snapshot of the current state of the art in three main related fields of research, namely industrial engineering, engineering and technology management, and healthcare systems engineering management. The book is intended to integrate theory and practice and to merge different perspectives, from the academic to the industrial and governmental one.

Introduction to Management of Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Processes

Introduction to Management of Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Processes
Author: Donald F. Blumberg
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2004-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0203502930

Increasing legislative and environmental pressure requires businesses to become more responsive to products that either have been returned or that are at the end of their useful lives. Life cycles are getting shorter, and efficient handling can save large amounts of money since many materials can be extracted and reused or redistributed. Reverse lo

Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains

Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains
Author: Simme D.P. Flapper
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2006-03-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540272518

Closed-Loop Supply Chains (CLSC) offer companies a unique opportunity to improve their profits whilst serving societal responsibility. The management of CLSC differs in a number of ways from managing supply chains in general. The book examines these differences and how these differences may be dealt with in practice, by offering a concrete framework, introducing the different aspects related to CLSC and their mutual relations, in a systematic logical way as well as cases clustered according to the inputs for a CLSC. The framework and especially the cases from successful companies offer the reader an invaluable help to build and improve CLSC.

Green Logistics

Green Logistics
Author: Alan McKinnon
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2015-02-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0749471867

Leading the way in current thinking on environmental logistics, Green Logistics provides a unique insight on the environmental impacts of logistics and the actions that companies and governments can take to deal with them. It is written by leading researchers in the field and provides a comprehensive view of the subject for students, managers and policy-makers. Fully updated, the 3rd edition of Green Logistics has a more global perspective than previous editions. It introduces new contributors and international case studies that illustrate the impact of green logistics in practice. There is a new chapter on the links between green logistics and corporate social responsibility and a series of postscripts examining the effects of new developments, such as 3D printing, distribution by drone, the physical internet and the concept of peak freight. Other key topics examined include: carbon auditing of supply chains; transferring freight to greener transport modes; reducing the environmental impact of warehousing; improving the energy efficiency of freight transport; making city logistics more environmentally sustainable; reverse logistics for the management of waste; role of government in promoting sustainable logistics. The 3rd edition of Green Logistics includes indispensable online supporting materials, including graphics, tables, chapter summaries, and guidelines for lecturers.

Advances in Service Science

Advances in Service Science
Author: Hui Yang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2018-12-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030047261

This volume offers the state-of-the-art research and developments in service science and related research, education and practice areas. It showcases emerging technology and applications in fields including healthcare, information technology, transportation, sports, logistics, and public services. Regardless of size and service, a service organization is a service system. Because of the socio-technical nature of a service system, a systems approach must be adopted to design, develop, and deliver services, aimed at meeting end users' both utilitarian and socio-psychological needs. Effective understanding of service and service systems often requires combining multiple methods to consider how interactions of people, technology, organizations, and information create value under various conditions. The papers in this volume highlight ways to approach such technical challenges in service science and are based on submissions from the 2018 INFORMS International Conference on Service Science.