A new integrated forward and reverse logistics model: A case study

DOI

10.1080/18756891.2016.1144151How to use a DOI?

Keywords

integrated forward/reverse logistics (IFRL); reverse logistics; supply chain; waste management

Abstract

The increment of the number of activities related to recycling and recovery of products are determined mostly, by the legal regulations, but also, by the needs of users. As a result, there is a large quantites of materials and products that have been returned from the market for a specific reason. This requiers brand new decision-making with which the managers had not met before. This paper presents new integrated forward and reverse logistics model (IFRL). It is supposed that capacities of locations are limited. Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem with the aim to minimize total cost is presented. Total costs include opening, shipping, operation and penalty costs. The results are obtained with CPLEX solver. We present test problems and case study based on the real instances gathered in one Serbian company which produces electrical household devices. Finally, we present sensitivity analyses.

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© 2016. the authors. Co-published by Atlantis Press and Taylor & Francis

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jasenka Djikanovic
AU  - Mirko Vujosevic
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/01/01
TI  - A new integrated forward and reverse logistics model: A case study
JO  - International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
SP  - 25
EP  - 35
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SN  - 1875-6883
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/18756891.2016.1144151
DO  - 10.1080/18756891.2016.1144151
ID  - Djikanovic2016
ER  -