The impact of product recovery on logistics network design
The impact of product recovery on logistics network design
Efficient implementation of closed-loop supply chains requires setting up appropriate logistics structures for the arising flows of used and recovered products. In this paper we consider logistics network design in a reverse logistics context. We present a generic facility location model and discuss differences with traditional logistics settings. Moreover, we use our model to analyze the impact of product return flows on logistics networks. We show that the influence of product recovery is very much context dependent. While product recovery may efficiently be integrated in existing logistics structures in many cases, other examples require a more comprehensive approach redesigning a company's logistics network in an integral way
reverse logistics, product recovery, supply chain management, network design, facility location
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Fleischmann, Moritz
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Beullens, Patrick
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Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline M.
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Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
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June 2001
Fleischmann, Moritz
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Beullens, Patrick
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Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline M.
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Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
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Fleischmann, Moritz, Beullens, Patrick, Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline M. and Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
(2001)
The impact of product recovery on logistics network design.
Production and Operations Management, 10 (2), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00076.x).
Abstract
Efficient implementation of closed-loop supply chains requires setting up appropriate logistics structures for the arising flows of used and recovered products. In this paper we consider logistics network design in a reverse logistics context. We present a generic facility location model and discuss differences with traditional logistics settings. Moreover, we use our model to analyze the impact of product return flows on logistics networks. We show that the influence of product recovery is very much context dependent. While product recovery may efficiently be integrated in existing logistics structures in many cases, other examples require a more comprehensive approach redesigning a company's logistics network in an integral way
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Published date: June 2001
Keywords:
reverse logistics, product recovery, supply chain management, network design, facility location
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/205865
ISSN: 1059-1478
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Moritz Fleischmann
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Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard
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Luk N. Van Wassenhove
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