Forward-Reverse Logistics Network Design: Closed Loop Supply Chain Network Design Under Risk - Softcover

Al-Ashhab, Mohammed Al-Sayed; El-Kharbotly, Amin M. K.; Afia, Nahid Hussein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 333000729X ISBN 13: 9783330007291

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Supply Chain Management involves the flows of materials and information among all of the firms that contribute value to a product, from the source of raw materials to end customers. Reverse logistics is a new and emerging area, and as such, only a limited amount of information has been published to date. It is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling efficiently, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal. Reverse logistics may also include processing returned merchandise due to damage, seasonal inventory, restock, recalls, excess inventory, recycling programs, hazardous material programs, obsolete equipment disposition, and asset recovery. The objective of this book is to present a develop design model for multi-period multi-echelon forward-reverse logistics networks under risk. The model is formulated in a stochastic mixed integer linear programming (SMILP) decision-making form as a multi-stage stochastic program.

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About the Author

Assistant Professor at the Design and Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 333000729X
• ISBN 13: 9783330007291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88