Book description
Traditional logistical chains have enabled us to respond efficiently
to the needs of customers in terms of services and products. However,
the returns, rejects and by-products of these activities have been
eliminated or ignored. Reverse logistics aims at valuing these
products using a value creation network integrating recovery,
processing, recycling, distribution or clean removal processes. In the
context of sustainable development, integrating economic, social and
environmental factors, these activities raise questions concerning the
design of products, processes and logistic networks. Taking these
considerations into account involves significant changes that affect
business models as well as consumer habits. New working methods and a
long-term vision are the new bases for sustainable logistic
networks.
The objective of this book is to supply an educational
tool for engineering schools, as well as a management tool for the
efficient implementation of the reverse logistics function. It brings
together the knowledge acquired by the scientific community. Even if
reverse logistics has been the subject of several books over the past
few years, very few theories have been developed and the subject is
far from being exhausted. This book proposes generic concepts and
processes that can be adapted to all businesses producing goods and
services and which aim to integrate reverse logistics. These processes
will enable us to shed light on their complexity and to take into
account all the important variables.
Contents
1. Logistics Challenge.
2. Reverse Logistics
Engineering.
3. Ecodesign.
4. Value Loops.
