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Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics

By Dr. Moritz Fleischmann (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2001
ISBN
978-3-540-41711-8, 978-3-642-56691-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-56691-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7435049 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 501
Edition
1
Pages
181\180
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Indu

Description

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.

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