On the dynamics of closed-loop supply chains with capacity constraints

Impact of government’s policies on competition of two closed-loop and regular supply chains

With progressing technologies and new features of production, new products compete with older ones in markets. Indeed, new products initiate contest with olden ones and this process repeats in different productions lifetime several times. In this situation recycling the olden products seems to be significant for supply chains. Governments often levy special tariffs for these products as a contr...

A system dynamics model for dynamic capacity planning of remanufacturing in closed-loop supply chains

Product recovery operations in reverse supply chains face continually and rapidly changing product demand characterized by an ever increasing number of product offerings with reduced lifecycles due to both technological advancements and environmental concerns. Capacity planning is a strategic issue of increased complexity importance for the profitability of reverse supply chains due to their hi...

Deterministic and Metaheuristic Solutions for Closed-loop Supply Chains with Continuous Price Decrease

In a global economy, an efficient supply chain as a main core competency empowers enterprises to provide products or services at the right time in the right quantity, at a low cost. This paper is to plan a single product, multi-echelon, multi-period closed loop supply chain for high-tech products (which have continuous price decrease). Ultimately, considering components rated to procurement, pr...

Modelling Oligopolistic Closed Loop Supply Chains

This paper uses variational inequalities to model an oligopolistic closed-loop supply chain engaged in a Cournot pricing game. The manufacturers produce a homogenous product for a set of customer markets. The product can be comprised of both virgin materials and recycled materials obtained from used products returned by the customers. Society is modelled as an additional player whose objective ...

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