Reverse Logistics

Document Type : Applied Article

Abstract

After establishing a supply chain 1 in a logistics organization and carrying out activities related to supplying and preparing the required items and goods and transferring them to the applicant's categories and sections, it may not be observed for various reasons, including long delays in distributing items. Principles of storage of goods and goods, especially for perishable goods with an expiration date, as well as improper and long-term transportation, can cause the return of the goods to the origin or the so-called "return goods 2", which can include goods. Be healthy and unhealthy and defective goods. Issue
Reverse logistics 3 "includes the process of returning and returning goods and how to deal with this type of items in order to increase productivity, profitability and greater efficiency of the logistics organization. The results of these effects, which are ultimately characterized by quality, production time and delivery time, customer satisfaction and cost reduction, have made reverse logistics a great ideal for all organizations and institutions in the supply chain. Despite the special complexities of reverse logistics, which has led to many academic and experimental studies in recent years, an attempt has been made to address some of its dimensions in this article

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1- Defining and Improving Reverse Logistics , by Robert Banks, http://almc.army.mil
2- Reverse Logistics By Stere Banker , http://arcweb.com
3- About Reverse Logistics by Revlog Group, http://fbk.eur.nl
4- Reverse Logistics by Janathan, http://njit.edu
5- Return Inc . by Return Group, http://iot.ovg.uk
6- ReverseLogisticsSystem byHugeBrodin,Maria,http://infoweb.unit.liu.se

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  • Receive Date: 16 July 2002
  • Revise Date: 26 July 2002
  • Accept Date: 09 August 2002
  • Publish Date: 21 September 2002

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