Closed Loop Supply Chains integrieren Recyclingaktivitäten in bestehende Liefernetzwerke. Dadurch können die beteiligten Unternehmen mit der Einsammlung bzw. Rücknahme von Altprodukten und Abfällen sowie deren Sortierung und Wiederaufbereitung die Beschaffungskosten für Rohstoffe...

In recent years, as a result of environmental legislation and an increasing interest in economics, many producers have been forced to implement the PTB (Products Tack Back) program. In this paper, we employ the basic (R, Q) model to control a single-item single-echelon inventory system with...

We analyze a newsboy problem with resalable returns. A single order is placed before the selling season starts. Purchased products may be returned by the customer for a full refund within a certain time interval. Returned products are resalable, provided they arrive back before the end of the...

Aware of the importance of developing new alternatives to improve the performance of the companies, our purpose in this paper is to develop a medium term production planning model that deals with the concepts of Partnership and Reverse Logistics. Our model takes advantage of the synergies of...

Nowadays, the Reverse Logistics field is becoming very important. On one hand, laws are imposing companies to be responsible for the contamination made by their products. On the other hand, companies have discovered the profits derived from a good Reverse Logistics process. This paper is the...

After-sales service is a major profit generator for more and more OEMs in industries with durable products. Successful engagement in after-sales service improves customer loyalty and allows for competitive differentiation through superior service like an extended service period after end of...

L’objet de ce document a pour but de montrer comment une entreprise dont l’activité est de gérer les déchets évaluait sa performance, tout en s’intégrant dans une réflexion globale de développement durable. Pour cela, nous essayons de mettre en exergue le lien entre le...

Products which are sold through E-commerce or mail sales catalogues tend to have a much higher return rate than traditional products. The returns are especially problematic for seasonal products. To support decision making in these situations we study various options, which may be considered as...

Increased uncertainty is one of the characteristics of product recovery networks. In particular the strategic design of their logistic infrastructure has to take uncertain information into account. In this paper we present stochastic programming based approaches by which a deterministic location...