Planning the location of facilities to implement a reverse logistic system of post-consumer packaging using a location mathematical model

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 1254-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Claudia Lima Couto ◽  
Liséte Celina Lange ◽  
Rodrigo de Alvarenga Rosa ◽  
Paula Rogeria Lima Couto
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Revenue Optimization ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Reverse Logistic ◽  
Recycling Potential

The implementation of reverse logistics systems (RLS) for post-consumer products provides environmental and economic benefits, since it increases recycling potential. However, RLS implantation and consolidation still face problems. The main shortcomings are the high costs and the low expectation of broad implementation worldwide. This paper presents two mathematical models to decide the number and the location of screening centers (SCs) and valorization centers (VCs) to implement reverse logistics of post-consumer packages, defining the optimum territorial arrangements (OTAs), allowing the inclusion of small and medium size municipalities. The paper aims to fill a gap in the literature on RLS location facilities that not only aim at revenue optimization, but also the participation of the population, the involvement of pickers and the service universalization. The results showed that implementation of VCs can lead to revenue/cost ratio higher than 100%. The results of this study can supply companies and government agencies with a global view on the parameters that influence RLS sustainability and help them make decisions about the location of these facilities and the best reverse flows with the social inclusion of pickers and serving the population of small and medium-sized municipalities.

scholarly journals A Hesitant Fuzzy Combined Compromise Solution Framework-Based on Discrimination Measure for Ranking Sustainable Third-Party Reverse Logistic Providers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2064
Author(s):  
Arunodaya Raj Mishra ◽  
Pratibha Rani ◽  
Raghunathan Krishankumar ◽  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Fausto Cavallaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Compromise Solution ◽  
Fuzzy Environment ◽  
Criteria Weights ◽  
Reverse Logistic ◽  
Illustrative Case Study

Customers’ pressure, social responsibility, and government regulations have motivated the enterprises to consider the reverse logistics (RL) in their operations. Recently, companies frequently outsource their RL practices to third-party reverse logistics providers (3PRLPs) to concentrate on their primary concern and diminish costs. However, to select the suitable 3PRLP candidate requires a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) process involving uncertainty owing to the presence of many associated aspects. In order to choose the most appropriate sustainable 3PRLP (S3PRLP), we introduce a hybrid approach based on the classical Combined Compromise Solution (CoCoSo) method and propose a discrimination measure within the context of hesitant fuzzy sets (HFSs). This approach offers a new process based on the discrimination measure for evaluating the criteria weights. The efficiency and practicability of the present approach are numerically demonstrated by solving an illustrative case study of S3PRLPs selection under a hesitant fuzzy environment. Moreover, sensitivity and comparative studies are presented to highlight the robustness and strength of the introduced methodology. The result of this work concludes that the introduced methodology can recommend a more feasible performance when facing with determinate and inconsistent knowledge and qualitative data.

Application of a ‘Recycling Exchange’ instrument to compensate waste pickers in Brazil via a first payment for urban environmental services programme

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2110612
Author(s):  
Alice Libânia S Dias ◽  
Lisete Celina Lange ◽  
Aline Souza Magalhães
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Externalities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Waste Pickers

This article presents an approach to compensate waste pickers in the informal sector of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, via a Payment for Urban Environmental Services (PUES) instrument, called ‘Recycling Exchange’. The aim is to evaluate the effects of this instrument on the amount of waste diverted from landfill and reintroduced into the production chain, and to increase recognition of waste pickers’ contributions to the state’s economy. It was found that the ‘Recycling Exchange’ met the fundamental objectives of a PUES: the double social and economic benefits of the social inclusion of waste pickers in the execution of the public policy for solid waste management, and inducing (in the case of glass), ensuring and stabilising (plastic and paper) continuity of the activity of selling recyclables in times of wide price fluctuations for these recyclables. The instrument enhanced the provision of this environmental service and the positive externalities associated with recycling.

scholarly journals Comparative evaluation of economic benefits of adopters and non-adopters of improved fish production technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-247
Author(s):  
S. S Ashley-Dejo ◽  
O. J. Olaoye ◽  
O. A. Adelaja
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Fish Production ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Production Technologies

This study assessed the Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgetary analysis profitability ratios and inferential statistics. The study revealed that a Significant level of profit obtained from the study is evidence that adopters had more profit than non-adopters. comparative evaluation of economic benefits of adopters and nonadopters of improved fish production technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected with the aid of structured interview schedule administered to 222 active fish farmers using purposive and simple random sampling procedure. dopters of improved fish production technologies earned mean revenue of N4,873,521.29 with gross margin of N2,376,616.36 while non-adopters earned N3,347,719.08 with gross margin of N1,432,805.00. The results showed Benefit Cost Ratio (1.69 and 1.49), Rate of Return on Investment (0.69 and 0.49), Gross Revenue ratio (0.59 and 0.67), Expenses Structure Ratio (0.15 and 0.17) and Net Profit Margin (0.41 and 0.33) for both the adopters and non-adopters. There was a significant association between adoption of improved technologies and sex, educational level, occupation and marital status. Also, there was a significant relationship between adoption of improved technology and age, years of experience and house hold size. There was a significant difference between the profit level of adopters and non-adopters of improved technologies.

scholarly journals Reverse Logistics Network Design of Electric Vehicle Batteries considering Recall Risk

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Hao Hao ◽  
Yichen Sun ◽  
Xueyun Mei ◽  
Yanjun Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Sales Volume ◽  
Logistics Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reverse Logistics Network

In 2018-2019, the recall scale of electric vehicles (EVs) in China reached 168,700 units; recalls account for approximately 6.9% of sales volume. There are imperative reasons for electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) recalls, such as mandatory laws or policies, safety and environmental pollution risks, and the high value of EVB echelon use, and thus, it has become increasingly important to reasonably design a reverse logistics (RL) network for an EVB recall. In this study, a multiobjective and multiperiod recall RL network model is developed to minimize safety and environmental risks, maximize the social responsibility and economic benefits, and consider the characteristics of EVBs, including the configuration of key recall facilities and the control of recall flows. The results of this study will help EVB practitioners, relevant departmental policymakers, and others to comprehensively understand the recall of EVBs, strengthen the safety and environmental protection issues in the EVB recall process, and promote the establishment of a safe, green, and sustainable EVB recall RL network.

scholarly journals Turismo de Base Comunitária: uma proposta para combate das desigualdades sociais na região insular de Belém (PA)

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Maria Matos Vianna ◽  
Pedro de Alcântara Bittencout César ◽  
Leiliany Negrão de Moura
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Nature And Society ◽  
Insular Region

Analisam-se as possibilidades de inclusão da comunidade em uma proposta de turismo de base comunitária na ilha de Jutuba – Belém, Pará. Nela, a participação dos atores sociais na utilização dos espaços, no planejamento e execução da atividade turística, para desenvolver o turismo na região insular de Belém torna-se fundamental. Sua participação objetiva-se proporcionar e incentivar o envolvimento da comunidade na elaboração das atividades a serem desenvolvidas. A escolha do objeto de estudo foi fundamentada na necessidade de se priorizar o planejamento turístico ordenado, dada a vocação natural da Amazônia. O método dialético foi escolhido por ser o que penetra no mundo dos fenômenos através de uma ação recíproca, da contradição inerente ao fenômeno e da mudança dialética que ocorre na natureza e na sociedade. Após este levantamento buscou-se propor alternativas de inserção da comunidade por meio da gestão do turismo de base comunitária visando o ordenamento da atividade que proporcionará a geração de benefícios econômicos e a inclusão social aos moradores da ilha. Community-based tourism: study of the relationship of local actors with the policies involved in the insular region of Belém (PA, Brazil) ABSTRACT There were analyzed the possibilities of including of a community on a proposal for community-based tourism in Jutuba island – Belém, Pará. Here, the participation of social actors in the use of space, in the planning and in the implementation of tourism activity to develop it in the island regional of Belém become essential. Its participation aims to provide and encourage community involvement in the preparing of activities to be developed. The choice of object of study was based on the need to prioritize the tourism planning, given the natural condition of Amazon region. The dialectical method was chosen because it enters the world of phenomena through a reciprocal action, its inherent contradiction in the phenomenon and dialectical chance that occurs in nature and society. Following this survey, there were proposed alternatives to include the community through the community-based tourism management, aiming the development tourism activity, which will provide economic benefits and social inclusion of the residents. KEYWORS: Tourism Planning; Social Inclusion; Community-based tourism; Insular Region of Belém; Jutuba Island.

scholarly journals Reverse Logistics Network Design and Simulation for Automatic Teller Machines Based on Carbon Emission and Economic Benefits: A Study of the Anhui Province ATMs Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11373
Author(s):  
Shouxu Song ◽  
Yongting Tian ◽  
Dan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Objective Function ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Logistics Network ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Milp Model ◽  
Automatic Teller Machines ◽  
Surrounding Areas

In recent years, mobile payments have gradually replaced cash payments, resulting in a gradual decline in the number of automatic teller machines (ATMs) demanded by banks. Through investigation and analysis, we determine four means to deal with decommissioned ATMs, and construct thereafter an ATM reverse logistics (RL_ATMs) network model, which includes suppliers, producers, warehouses, operators, maintenance centers, collection and inspection centers, disposal centers, remanufacturing centers, and recycling centers. This model is further expressed as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model. Given that an ATM recycling network has planned and batched characteristics, a percentage diversion method is proposed to transform a real multi-cycle problem to a single-cycle problem. The RL_ATMs network constructed in this study presents the two forms of ATMs, functional modules and the entire machine. We used the actual situations of the related companies and enterprises in Anhui Province and its surrounding areas, as well as major banks’ ATMs, as bases in using the LINGO software to solve the proposed MILP model with the objective function of minimizing costs and environmental emissions, and obtain the relevant companies’ launch operations. Lastly, we analyzed the relationship between coefficients in the percentage diversion method and calculation results, cost, and carbon emissions. Accordingly, we find that the number of remanufacturing and maintenance centers has no evident impact on the objective function, transportation costs account for a large proportion of the total cost, and emissions tax is small.

scholarly journals Reverse Logistic Strategy for the Management of Tire Waste in Mexico and Russia: Review and Conceptual Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria-Lizbeth Uriarte-Miranda ◽  
Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales ◽  
Jose-Luis Martinez-Flores ◽  
Patricia Cano-Olivos ◽  
Anastasia-Alexandrovna Akulova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Reverse Logistic ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
High Degree

Management of tire waste is an important aspect of sustainable development due to its environmental, economical and social impacts. Key aspects of Reverse Logistics (RL) and Green Logistics (GL), such as recycling, re-manufacturing and reusable packaging, can improve the management of tire waste and support sustainability. Although these processes have been performed with a high degree of efficiency in other countries such as Japan, Spain and Germany, the application in Mexico and Russia has faced setbacks due to the absence of guidelines regarding legislation, RL processes, and social responsibility. Within this context, the present work aims to develop an integrated RL model to improve on these processes by considering the RL models from Russia and Mexico. For this, a review focused on RL in Mexico, Russia, Japan and the European Union (EU) was performed. Hence, the integrated model considers regulations and policies performed in each country to assign responsibilities regarding RL processes for the management of tire waste. As discussed, the implementation of efficient RL processes for the management of tire waste depends of different social entities such as the user (customer), private and public companies, and manufacturing and state-of-the-art approaches to transform waste into different products (diversification) to consider the RL scheme as a total economic system.

Reverse Logistics in E-Retaling

2018 ◽  
pp. 305-330
Author(s):  
Senem Ergan ◽  
Ayşe Akyol
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Reverse Logistic ◽  
Return Process

Consumers mostly prefer internet for reasons such as accessing product immediately, convenience, time saving. However buying products without observing physically causes some troubles. This situation results in return of the purchased product. The return process that is going to be experienced by the customer who wants to return or change his/her product is important for the companies. Managing return process without troubles is going to affect loyalty, satisfaction, revisiting, repurchasing, consumers messages, which are going to be get across to his/her environment. Because of these reasons, it is imperative for the companies to pay attention to the reverse logistic activities that they will undertake for the end consumers. The aim of this chapter is to indicate the importance of reverse logistics in e-retailing.

Who Gains from and who Pays for Channel Deepening?

2005 ◽  
Vol 1909 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Grigalunas ◽  
James J. Opaluch ◽  
Young Tae Chang
Keyword(s):  
Net Present Value ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The State ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
Net Benefits ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Port dredging to accommodate larger vessels can create substantial national economic benefits. However, how affected individual states fare economically with dredging is often unclear and can be an important issue. The benefits and the costs to Delaware residents of dredging—with the recent proposed deepening of the Delaware Bay and River main federal channel as a case study—are examined. Benefits include ( a) lower transportation costs that residents might receive on imported goods, ( b) profits that residents would realize if cost savings (e.g., on refinery products) were not passed forward to Delaware users, ( c) project costs that residents would bear as federal taxpayers, and ( d) benefits that residents would realize if the use of dredged sediments for planned beach renourishment created savings to the state. Sensitivity analyses are used to reflect uncertainty in outcomes. The estimated net present value to Delaware today of all future annual quantifiable benefits and costs ranges between $15,528,393 and $14,195,700 over 50 years at 5.875%. Stated another way, the quantified net benefits for Delaware imply a benefit-cost ratio between 2.07 and 1.89. Hence, for every dollar of the $7.5 million that Delaware would pay as a nonfederal cosponsor, estimated quantifiable net benefits to the state are $2.07 to $1.89. Some benefit and cost estimates are vehemently debated between interested parties, and not all benefits and costs can be quantified.

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