The latter part of the 20 Century saw the lean production paradigm positively impact many market sectors ranging from automotive through to construction. In particular there is much evidence to suggest that level scheduling combined with the elimination of muda has successfully delivered a wide range of products to those markets where cost is the primary order winning criteria. However, there a...

The main aim of this paper is to propose a multi-waste mix integer lineal programming model for locating sorting facilities in a three-level (local, regional, and central) reverse logistic network. The objective of the model is to decide the location of the storage and sorting facilities across the network. The model was applied in end of life battery recycling network in Spain. As capacity is ...

Reverse logistics has become a competitive need for sustainability. Lack of resources to apply reverse solutions severely impacted many supply chains’ costs and customer service, making it impossible meet the expectations return processing. In those conditions, client demands higher service quality are main drivers effective sustainability operations. This study aims establish sustainable (SRLS...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the area of Green Logistics and to describe some of the problems that arise in this subject which can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems. The paper particularly considers the topics of reverse logistics, waste management and vehicle routing and scheduling.

The reverse logistics applies to the flow of products and materials in the opposite direction to direct logistics, from the market to the production sites or the specialised centres, where they are sent to be appropriately treated. The growing attention to reverse logistics is explained primarily by the need to comply with regulations on environmental protection, Given the intensified competiti...

Green supply chain management (GrSCM) has its roots in supply chain management (SCM) and environmental management. In fact, adding ‘‘green’’ concept into traditional SCM leads to studying environmental impact of SCMrelated processes. Logistics activities which form the main part of SCM-related processes belong to the most influential sources of environmental pollution and greenhouse emissions w...

and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Mechanical Engineering) complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality. Many manufacturers are moving towards green manufacturing. One of the actions for environment friendly manufacturing is collection of end-of-life products...

Reverse Logistics Networks (RLNs) have grown in importance after return policies became compulsory. Lately, questions have been raised whether they are as helpful to the environment as possible. Efforts have been conducted to optimize RLNs in terms of their eco-efficiency, minimizing costs and emissions; still, results are not advancing with the necessary speed. Alternatively, the ecoeffectiven...