Reverse logistics : quantitative models for closed-loop supply chains /

Reverse logistics concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. Economic, marketing, and legislative drivers increasingly are leading companies to take back and recover their products after use. The arising product flows pose novel challenge...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Dekker, Rommert, 1957- (Editor), Fleischmann, Moritz, 1970- (Editor), Inderfurth, Karl (Editor), Wassenhove, L. N. van (Luk N.) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : Springer-Verlag, [2004]
Subjects:	Waste minimization. Business logistics. Product life cycle. Source reduction (Waste management) Economics/Management Science. Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management. Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. Operation Research/Decision Theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A Framework for Reverse Logistics: A Framework for Reverse Logistics; Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics Decision Making
Collection and Distribution Management Issues: Managing Product Returns: The Role of Forecasting; Reverse Logistics Network Design; Collection and Vehicle Routing Issues in Reverse Logistics; Product and Material Returns: Handling and Warehousing Issues
Inventory Control and Production Planning for Product Recovery: Lot Sizing Decisions in Product Recovery Management; Stochastic Inventory Control for Product Recovery Management; Managing Dynamic Product Recovery: An Optimal Control Perspective; Production Planning for Product Recovery Management; Valuation of Inventories in Systems with Product Recovers
Supply Chain Management Issues in Reverse Logistics: Coordination in Closed-loop Supply Chains; Long-term Analysis of Closed-loop Supply Chains; LCA as a Tool for the Evaluation of End-of-life Options of Spent Products; OR Models for Eco-eco Closed-loop Supply Chain Optimization; Information and Communication Technology Enabling Reverse Logistics.