The incorporation of reverse logistics into production routing problems can promote and coordinate the implementation of sustainable development for supply chains. This study aims to incorporate reverse logistics into production routing problems and investigate the reduction of carbon emissions under carbon cap-and-trade. Mixed-integer programming models are proposed for the production routing ...

Pallet management, which involves direct and reverse logistic models, may represent a critical activity for logistics provider firms. Pallets are needed in order to ship products from the producers/distributors to the retailers. Recently, pilot projects have demonstrated that performances of pallet management system could be improved by an advance tracking system based on Radio Frequency IDenti...

Background: The logistics industry has seen the emergence of many startups in recent years. Many these use new technologies to develop disruptive products, services or platforms that are based on software. This paper presents results a Delphi study and survey were consolidated framework. purpose is understand benefits derive from using agile methods, difficulties they face methods evolution ter...

Industry 4.0 is generalizing the use of wireless connectivity in manufacturing and logistics. Specifically, Smart Logistics, novel technologies are used to enable agile supply chains, with reduced management, energy storage costs. Cellular networks allow throughout all scenarios where logistics processes take place, each having their own challenges. This paper explores such challenges, proposes...

Environmental consciousness has become critical in the design and operations management. In recent years, the sort of issues that have come to light and drawn the attention of managers has extended staggeringly. Sustainable development is a significant component of growing interest for managers who have to address with social and environmental issues related to the own company as well as their ...

Environmental awareness, green directives, liberal return policies, and recycling of materials are globally accepted by industry and the general public as an integral part of the product life cycle. Reverse logistics reflects the acceptance of new policies by analyzing the processes associated with the flow of products, components and materials from end users to re-users consisting of second ma...

Among the various aspects of SCM, emphasis has been placed on reverse logistics: closing the loop of a supply chain by integrating waste materials into logistic management decisions. Logistics network design is commonly recognized as a strategic supply chain issue of prime importance. While consumers traditionally dispose of products at the end of their life cycle, product take-back legislation...

Waste minimization and recycling are principles of the concept of sustainable development that is now globally introduced. Construction in the sense of manufacturing goods and construction and exploitation of buildings generates a significant amount of waste. Therefore, the developing of the concept of waste management and the reverse logistics is implemented to the construction industry. A sta...

Reverse logistics, which is induced by various forms of used products and materials, has received growing attention throughout this decade. In a highly competitive environment, the service level is an important criterion for reverse logistics network design. However, most previous studies about product returns only focused on the total cost of the reverse logistics and neglected the service lev...