دانلود Reverse Logistics: Overview and Challenges for Supply Chain Management

Abstract

This  paper  is  aimed  at  introducing  the  concept of  reverse  logistics  (RL)  and  its  implications  for  supply chain  management  (SCM).  RL  is  a  research  area  focused on the management of the recovery of products once they are  no  longer  desired  (end-of-use  products,  EoU)  or  can no longer be used (end-of-life products) by the consumers, in  order  to  obtain  an  economic  value  from  the  recovered products.  This  way,  RL  has  become  a  matter  of  strategic importance, an element that companies are considering in their decision-making processes related to the design and development of their supply chains. In addition, a description  of  the  implications  of  RL  for  SCM  will  be discussed and, finally, an analysis of some of the opportunities  and  challenges  that  RL  implies  for  SCM will be presented.