Closed Loop Supply Chain Management and Reverse Logistics -A Literature Review

In recent years, sustainability concept has been introduced to many fields including management, technology, and supply chain (SC). The most accepted definition for Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) would be one where all consumer products are created, used, and recycled or disposed of in the Closed loop Method. Closed Loop Supply Chain Management (CLSCM) refers to all forward Logistics in the chain (like procurement of materials, production and distribution) as well as the Reverse Logistics to collect and process returned (used or unused) products and/or parts of products in order to ensure a socioeconomically and ecologically sustainable recovery. Over the past 19 years, Closed Loop Supply Chain Management (CLSCM) has gained considerable attention in industry and academia. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the literature of the closed loop Supply Chain Management (CLSCM) over the past years. The key themes that came out of the literature are: Green Operations (Reverse Logistics), Green Design, Green Manufacturing, Waste Management, and Product Life Cycle Assessment. This paper will briefly discuss these issues. The aim of this paper is to provide an extensive literature review on Closed Loop Supply Chain Management (CLSCM). In particular, article is classified according to the themes and also delimits the research scope of CLSCM.