Reverse Supply Chains

This book addresses several important issues faced by strategic, tactical, and operation planners of reverse supply chains, using efficient models in a variety of decision-making situations providing easy-to-use mathematical and/or simulation modeling based solution methodologies for a majority of the issues.

Surendra M. Gupta

Reverse Logistics. Issues and Challenges in Reverse Logistics. New-Product Design Metrics for Efficient Reverse Supply Chains. Application of Theory of Constraints' Thinking Process in a Reverse Logistics Process. Modeling Supplier Selection in Reverse Supply Chains. A General Modeling Framework for Cost/Benefit Analysis of Remanufacturing. Integrated Inventory Models for Retail Pricing and Return Reimbursements in a JIT Environment for Remanufacturing a Product. Advanced Remanufacturing-to-Order And Disassembly-to-Order System under Demand/Decision Uncertainty. Importance of Green and Resilient SCM Practices for the Competitiveness of the Automotive Industry: A Multinational Perspective. A Graph-Based Approach for Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of Life Cycle Resource Flows. Delivery and Pickup Problems with Time Windows: Strategy and Modeling. Materials Flow Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Long-Term Developments.