While the concepts of remanufacturing and reverse logistics are gaining popularity in practice, the available literature and theory on strategic decision making in these areas are limited.
While the concepts of remanufacturing and reverse logistics are gaining global popularity, the available literature and theory on strategic decision-making in these areas is limited.
Among the various approaches developed, inventory management, product design, production planning and control for remanufacturing, product recovery, reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chains have gained more attention in the literature.
Specifically, we analyse the relationships between some reverse logistics' factors (remanufacturing lead-time, return rate of recycled products, reverse order policy, and number of supply chain tiers) on the order and inventory variance amplification.
These include environmental management, design for environment, product stewardship, green purchasing, reverse logistics, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing.
If the products are returned to the manufactures in order to recycle, reuse, remanufacturing, the model is named "reverse logistics".
The product-service system in this case could include the organisation of a reverse logistics system with different levels of refurbishment and remanufacturing of prams, partially by retailers.
Remanufacturing and refurbishing activities also may be included in the definition of reverse logistics.
Remanufacturing end-of-life products requires setting up an economically and environmentally viable reverse logistics channel for supplying reusable used modules to the production chain.
To maximize the total cost of savings, a mixed-integer programming model for remanufacturing proposed by Kim et al. [Kim, K., Song, I., Kim, J., & Jeong, B. (2006). Supply planning model for remanufacturing system in reverse logistics environment.
remanufacturing is no panacea.
