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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Reverse Supply Chain"”.
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A Risk Management Tool for the Reverse Supply Chain Network
The forward and reverse supply chains have unique characteristics that vary among different organizations. Most organizations manage and quantify risks in the forward supply chain by utilizing various available risk management tools. These risk management tools have been developed solely for the …
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Reverse supply chain forecasting and decision modeling for improved inventory management
… framework to improve management of VzW's reverse supply chain inventory. The forecasting model relies on a reliability engineering formulation and incorporates a learning component to allow incremental forecast improvement throughout the device lifecycle. The decision-support model relies …
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Strategic Planning for the Reverse Supply Chain: Optimal End-of-Life Option, Product Design, and Pricing
A company's decisions on how to manage its reverse supply chain (RSC) are important for both economic and environmental reasons. From a strategic standpoint, the key decision a manufacturer makes is whether or not to collect products at their end-of-life (EOL) (i.e., when their useful lives are …
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Improvement on service part supply chain with centralized management and global optimization
… performed under the supervision of the global supply chain department of InFocus Corp. The company is having high service costs in the Asia Pacific region and desperate to lower the cost in the reverse supply chain and to improve the service level to its customers. In this thesis report, …
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Forward thinking in reverse : design, implementation, and continuous monitoring of a closed-loop supply chain using optimization, simulation, and dashboard systems to maximize net recovery
… provider with one of the world's leading supply chains--we discuss a network flow-based mixed-integer linear program (MILP) model to identify the critical factors in optimizing reverse supply chain design decisions to optimize profit. The model is fast, intuitive, flexible, and robust to …
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Reverse logistics supply chain process modeling and simulation
… be easily resold to consumers due to various supply chain challenges. This thesis explores the opportunities to improve the consumer returns process and presents methods for modeling the supply chain process for reverse logistics in the retail industry derived from case studies. The model then …
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A data-driven approach to continuous improvement in reverse logistics
… providers (3PLs) to manage some aspects of the reverse supply chain of Fios equipment. As a result, it depends on the 3PL to continually strive for increased quality, reliability, capacity, and speed. Above all, in order to have a successful partnership, the process must be economical for the …
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Sustainable supply chains: Bridging the gap between environmental economics and operations management
… particular on social and environmental issues in supply chain contexts that key organisations have identified as some of the most pressing challenges. The first chapter looks at the triple-A (agile, adaptive, aligned) supply chain framework through the lens of sustainability. The concept of …