Reverse supply chains [electronic resource] : issues and analysis / edited by Surendra M. Gupta.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ch. 1. Reverse logistics / Mehmet Ali Ilgin and Surendra M. Gupta -- ch. 2. Issues and challenges in reverse logistics / Samir K. Srivastava -- ch. 3. New-product design metrics for efficient reverse supply chains / Seamus M. McGovern and Surendra M. Gupta -- ch. 4. Application of theory of constraints' thinking processes in a reverse logistics process / Hilmi Y�uksel -- ch. 5. Modeling supplier selection in reverse supply chains / Kenichi Nakashima and Surendra M. Gupta -- ch. 6. General modeling framework for cost/benefit analysis of remanufacturing / Niloufar Ghoreishi, Mark J. Jakiela, and Ali Nekouzadeh -- ch. 7. Integrated inventory models for retail pricing and return reimbursements in a JIT environment for remanufacturing a product / Xiangrong Liu ... [et al.] -- ch. 8. Advanced remanufacturing-to-order and disassembly-to-order system under demand/decision uncertainty / Onder Ondemir and Surendra M. Gupta -- ch. 9. Importance of green and resilient SCM practices for the competitiveness of the automotive industry : a multinational perspective / Susana G. Azevedo ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Balanced principal solution for green supply chain under governmental regulations / Neelesh Agrawal ... [et al.] -- ch. 11. Barrier analysis to improve green in existing supply chain management / Mathiyazhagan Kaliyan, Kannan Govindan, and Noorul Haq -- ch. 12. River formation dynamics approach for sequence-dependent disassembly line balancing problem / Can B. Kalayci and Surendra M. Gupta -- ch. 13. Graph-based approach for modeling, simulation, and optimization of life cycle resource flows / Fabio Giudice -- ch. 14. Delivery and pickup problems with time windows : strategy and modeling / Ying-Yen Chen and Hsiao-Fan Wang -- ch. 15. Materials flow analysis as a tool for understanding long-term developments / A.J.D. Lambert

"Reverse supply chains consist of a series of activities required to collect used products from consumers and reprocess them to either recover their leftover market values or dispose of them. It has become common for companies involved in a traditional (forward) supply chain (series of activities required to produce new products from virgin materials and distribute them to consumers) to also carry out collection and reprocessing of used products (reverse supply chain). Strict environmental regulations and diminishing raw material resources have intensified the importance of reverse supply chains at an increasing rate. In addition to being environment friendly, effective management of reverse supply chain operations leads to higher profitability by reducing transportation, inventory and warehousing costs. Moreover, reverse supply chain operations have a strong impact on the operations of forward supply chain such as the occupancy of the storage spaces and transportation capacity"-- Provided by publisher

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