Crises and natural disasters are always existed in human history, and continue to exist in the future; therefore, people are always affected by these natural disasters. Hence, evacuation planning after natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, fire, storms, warfare and nuclear explosions) is vital. Given that natural disasters cause irreparable financial loss and the loss of life ...

This is a summary of the author’s PhD thesis supervised by Laetitia Jourdan and El-Ghazali Talbi and defended on 8 December 2009 at the Université Lille 1. The thesis is written in French and is available from http://sites.google.com/ site/arnaudliefooghe/. This work deals with the design, implementation and experimental analysis of metaheuristics for solving multiobjective optimisation problem...

The main objective of this paper is to propose a model for helping logistics managers to choose the appropriate location points in order to situate the collection points for used portable batteries. The proposed model has two parts: a static part and a dynamic part. We can conclude that this model helps managers in the decision of locating/modifying collection points in two ways: to add new col...

This paper aims to show that Intelligent Products may be used to facilitate closed-loop reverse logistics processes. An analysis of the actors and processes in reverse logistics processes is presented to identify requirements towards the characteristics of a technical concept suitable to support closed-loop reverse logistics processes. That Intelligent Products fulfill the requirements is shown...

The increasing number of victims from disasters in recent years results in several challenges for authorities aiming to protect and provide support to affected people. Humanitarian logistics represents one of the most important fields during preparedness and response in cases of disaster, seeking to provide relief, information and services to disaster victims. However, on top of the challenges ...

With the increasing innovation of new electronic devices continually entering the marketplace, manufacturers and retailers are seeking partnerships with third party logistics (3PL) providers that can decrease e-waste through reverse logistics for end-of-life devices. With the general public’s sentiment to preserve the environment for future generations, manufacturers and retailers as well as th...

In this paper we extend and apply MRP theory towards reverse logistics including the considerations of transportation consequences. Our aim is to demonstrate the versatility obtained from using MRP theory when combining Input–Output Analysis and Laplace transforms. This enables an analysis of a supply chain including four sub-systems, namely manufacturing, distribution, consumption and reverse ...