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THE IMPACT OF PRODUCT RECOVERY ON LOGISTICS NETWORK DESIGN
Author(s) -
FLEISCHMANN MORITZ,
BEULLENS PATRICK,
BLOEMHOFRUWAARD JACQUELINE M.,
WASSENHOVE LUK N.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
production and operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.279
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1937-5956
pISSN - 1059-1478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00076.x
Subject(s) - reverse logistics , integrated logistics support , context (archaeology) , product (mathematics) , computer science , supply chain , business , network planning and design , humanitarian logistics , operations management , process management , operations research , marketing , telecommunications , economics , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , biology , engineering
Efficient implementation of closed‐loop supply chains requires setting up appropriate logistics structures for the arising flows of used and recovered products. In this paper we consider logistics network design in a reverse logistics context. We present a generic facility location model and discuss differences with traditional logistics settings. Moreover, we use our model to analyze the impact of product return flows on logistics networks. We show that the influence of product recovery is very much context dependent. While product recovery may efficiently be integrated in existing logistics structures in many cases, other examples require a more comprehensive approach redesigning a company's logistics network in an integral way.