Sustainable Reverse Supply Chains for Retail Product Returns

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Frei ◽  
Sally-Ann Krzyzaniak ◽  
Lisa Jack
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Product Returns ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

scholarly journals Product Returns: An Opportunity to Shift towards an Access-Based Economy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 410
Author(s):  
Denise Baden ◽  
Regina Frei
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Product Returns ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Online Purchases ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

With the rise in online purchases, returns polices have become more lenient to maximise sales, leading to increased product returns. This results in considerable costs to businesses due to complex returns systems, and environmental costs due to unnecessary transportation and waste. Unsustainable consumption poses a threat to our environment, and access-based business models whereby products are borrowed/rented rather than purchased have been proposed as a way to align customer needs, business success, and sustainability. Product returns often constitute a form of informal or illegitimate borrowing, as goods are bought with the intention of being returned. In this discussion paper we propose that, instead of being viewed as a threat to business, issues with high product returns could be seen as an opportunity to switch to an access-based model. As product returns escalate, businesses will need to invest substantially in their reverse supply chains. We propose that a more strategic approach might be to leapfrog the costly stage of developing more efficient returns systems, and move straight to formalising product returns as the new normal for those goods that would best suit an access-based model, so that processes are streamlined around borrowing and returning rather than around sales.

Product return management: Linking product returns, closed-loop supply chain activities and the effectiveness of the reverse supply chains

2017 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 1144-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin ◽  
Kannan Govindan ◽  
Suhaiza Zailani ◽  
Keah Choon Tan ◽  
Mohammad Iranmanesh
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Product Returns ◽  
Closed Loop Supply Chain ◽  
Product Return ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains ◽  
Product Return Management

Issues in reverse supply chains, part II: reverse distribution issues – an overview

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sasikumar ◽  
G. Kannan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

A robust optimization model for coordinating pharmaceutical reverse supply chains under return strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 291 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 875-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ata Allah Taleizadeh ◽  
Elham Haji-Sami ◽  
Mahsa Noori-daryan
Keyword(s):  
Robust Optimization ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Optimization Model ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

scholarly journals Warranty and Preventive Maintenance Analysis for Sustainable Reverse Supply Chains

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Y. Alqahtani ◽  
Surendra M. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

Reverse Supply Chains

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains

Pricing decisions for reverse supply chains

Kybernetes ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 831-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gu Qiaolun ◽  
Ji Jianhua ◽  
Gao Tiegang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Pricing Decisions ◽  
Reverse Supply Chains
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