Reverse-Logistics Strategy for Product Take-Back

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Klausner ◽  
Chris T. Hendrickson
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Logistics Strategy ◽  
Take Back

Product Resynthesis as a Reverse Logistics Strategy for an Optimal Closed-Loop Supply Chain

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinmay Sane ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Third Party ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Closed Loop Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Logistics Strategy ◽  
Original Product

With continued emphasis on sustainability-driven design, reverse logistics is emerging as a vital competitive supply chain strategy for many of the global high-tech manufacturing firms. Various original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and multi-product manufacturing firms are enhancing their reverse logistics strategies in order to establish an optimal closed-loop supply chain through which they can introduce refurbished variants of their products back into the market. While a refurbished product strategy helps to mitigate environmental impact challenges as well as provide additional economic benefits, it is limited to an existing product market, possibly a subset of the existing market, and fails to commercialize/target new markets. In addition to refurbishing, the alternatives available for utilizing End-Of-Life (EOL) products are currently restricted to recycling and permanent disposal. In this work, the authors propose employing a new EOL option called “resynthesis” that utilizes existing waste from EOL products in a novel way. This is achieved through the synthesis of assemblies/subassemblies across multiple domains. The “newly” synthesized product can then be incorporated into the dynamics of a closed-loop supply chain. The proposed methodology enables OEMs to not only offer refurbished products as part of their reverse logistics strategy, but also provide them with resynthesized product concepts that can be used to expand to new/emerging markets. The proposed methodology provides a general framework that includes OEMs (manufacturers of the original product), retailers (distributors of the original product and collectors of the EOL products) and third-party firms (managers of the EOL products) as part of a closed-loop supply chain strategy. The proposed methodology is compared with the existing methodologies in the literature wherein a third-party supplies the OEM only with refurbished products and supplies products unsuitable for refurbishing to another firm(s) for recycling/disposal. A case study involving a multi-product electronics manufacturer is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.

Automotive Systems: End-of-Life Vehicles Dismantling Facilities

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella M. Acaccia ◽  
Rinaldo C. Michelini ◽  
Luca Penzo ◽  
Nicola Qualich
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Economic Instruments ◽  
Eu Regulation ◽  
Automotive Market ◽  
Automotive Systems ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Reference Knowledge

The paper discusses characterising features of the end-of-life vehicles EU regulation, with account of the process transparency and knowledge build-up, to tailor economic instruments with reverse logistics profitability. In the short future, these issues will affect the automotive market, and the recovery (reuse/recycle) targets will become competition prerequisites for the carmakers survival. For explanatory purposes, the investigation is especially limited to consider the dismantling facility, with, in foreground, facts and technicalities arising at local and regional scales, and, in background, the whole forward and backward supply chain and related logistics problems. The basic technicalities, leading to the build-up of the reference knowledge for the most effective setting of car-dismantling facilities, are explored by means of simulation results. These lead to consider to develop automotive systems with recovery in mind, according to the carmakers responsibility for the free-take-back of the end-of-life vehicles.

Cost-benefit study of consumer product take-back programs using IBM's WIT reverse logistics optimization tool

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitipong Veerakamolmal ◽  
Yung-Joon Lee ◽  
J. P. Fasano ◽  
Rhea Hale ◽  
Mary Jacques
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Logistics Optimization

Research of Reverse Logistics Recycling Information Platform Construction for End-of-Life Vehicles

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 4532-4535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Zhong Mu ◽  
Sheng Tao Tang
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Information Platform ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Take Back

Recycling of End-of-life vehicles in China shows a relatively backward than western developed countries, one of the reasons is some manufactures have not completed a recycling information system. This article analyzes the Reverse Logistics Recycling Information Platform Construction for End-of-life Vehicles; highlight the manufacturer take-back recycling models advantages and disadvantages, to show the necessity and urgency.

Reverse Logistics for Sustainable Waste Management Processes

2012 ◽  
pp. 224-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fraser McLeod ◽  
Tom Cherrett
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Freight Consolidation ◽  
Delivery Vehicles ◽  
Innovative Approaches

This chapter highlights some of the innovative approaches that have been taken by businesses involved in reverse logistics for the removal of waste from urban areas. The chapter reviews some of these approaches and suggests which could be used more widely, recognising the specific limitations which may restrict their applicability. These innovative approaches include: the use of delivery vehicles to take-back waste/recyclate to out-of-town facilities such as a freight consolidation or recycling centre; combining commercial and household waste collections; deploying public transport vehicles to carry specialist recyclate; using multi-modal transport; ‘smart’ bin technology and pipelines for the removal of waste from buildings.

scholarly journals Pricing Decision for Reverse Logistics System under Cross-Competitive Take-Back Mode Based on Game Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6984
Author(s):  
Dingzhong Feng ◽  
Xinghui Yu ◽  
Yongbo Mao ◽  
Yangke Ding ◽  
Ye Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Stackelberg Game ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Industry Competition ◽  
Decision Variables ◽  
Pricing Decision ◽  
Take Back ◽  
The Cross

Considering the reverse logistics system composed of two manufacturers and two recyclers under the cross-competitive take-back mode, which is influenced by multiple factors (industry competition, economies of scale, government subsidies, remanufacturing rate, etc.), a model for remanufacturing reverse logistics system based on Stackelberg game is established. Then, the Nash equilibrium solution of decision variables is solved to obtain the best profit of all participants under the cross-competitive take-back mode. Furthermore, the parameter constraint analysis is carried out, and the monopolistic take-back mode is introduced for comparative analysis. Then, the sensitivity analysis of the model is carried out. At last, a case analysis is carried out based on the current situation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling in China. The results show that the cross-competitive take-back mode is more advantageous to all participants in the reverse logistics system than the monopolistic take-back mode. Recyclers should actively sign contracts with multiple manufacturers to recycle waste products, making full use of the advantages of cross-competitive take-back mode to maximize the profits of all participants, so as to encourage them to recycle waste products and achieve sustainable development.

What Will It Take to Deliver a Zero-to-Landfill Product?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Legal Mandates ◽  
The World ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
Corporate Profits

Driven by legal mandates and consumer demand, sustainable businesses will be those that recognize the need for extended responsibility for their products beyond the point of sale. One strategy gaining increasing attention throughout the world is the production and sale of Zero-to-Landfill products - products that contain nothing that is disposed of at the end of their useful life. A product take-back process is required to ensure products that reach the end of their useful lives are reclaimed for reuse, remanufacturing, or recycling. But can companies develop products that are truly zero-to-landfill? What must manufacturers do to deliver products offering this environmental beneficence? The stakeholders in a sustainable enterprise are considered, and the desire for zero-to-landfill products from their perspectives will be examined. Implications for government regulations, reverse logistics, product design and manufacturing, and for corporate profits are examined. The emphasis will be on how such a strategy will impact today's design and manufacturing engineers. Through the use of representative examples, it will be shown that many of the requisite behaviors and processes are being implemented, but that it is still early to quantify the impacts and to understand the emergence of unforeseen consequences.

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