Closed-loop supply chain models with product remanufacturing

• Main Authors: SAVASKAN, R. Canan, Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, VAN WASSENHOVE, Luk N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: supply chain management; reverse logistics; remanufacturing; channel structure; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5103; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6102/viewcontent/Closed_loop_supply_chain_models_with_product_remanufacturing.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The importance of remanufacturing used products into new ones has been widely recognized in the literature and in practice. In this paper, we address the problem of choosing the appropriate reverse channel structure for the collection of used products from customers. Specifically, we consider a manu...