Download or read book Essays on Product Returns in a Closed loop Supply Chain written by Yue Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in the dissertation examine product returns in Closed-loop Supply Chains from multiple perspectives by using different methodologies. The studies investigate the relationships among the three major supply chain entities, such as manufacturers, retailers and consumers.The first chapter provides an introduction of the research related to products returns. The second chapter of the dissertation studies the contracting issues between Manufacturers and Retailers by using laboratory experiments. Chapter three studies consumers perceptions of different types of return policies provided by retailers. Quasi-experiments were used to collect data and do the following analysis. Chapter four builds up an analytical model to segment the market by using different return policies. The last chapter concludes the future studies.
Download or read book Essays in Closed loop Supply Chains written by James Abbey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Essays on Product Acquisition Management in Closed loop Supply Chains written by Stefan Hahler and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ESSAYS IN PRODUCT ACQUISITION IN CLOSED LOOP SUPPLY CHAINS written by Akshay Mutha and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this dissertation analyze the process of acquiring used products for remanufacturing operations. The dissertation has three papers. The first paper (Chapter 2) discusses the product acquisition strategy of a third party remanufacturer (3PR). The decisions regarding the quality, quantity, and timing of acquiring used products are analyzed in this paper. The second paper (Chapter 3) discusses the selling strategy of a supplier selling used products to a 3PR. The decisions of selling prices and the assortment of used products that the supplier should offer to the 3PR are analyzed. The third paper (Chapter 4) considers an OEM who designs, manufactures, leases, and remanufactures capital-intensive products that can be used for multiple lifecycles. The paper discusses the tension between accounting profits and financial profits arising due to remanufacturing operations. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 contain the supplemental material for Chapters 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
Download or read book Product Returns in Closed Loop Demand Chains written by Baris Yalabik and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flow of products usually occurs from manufacturers to consumers. In recent years the reverse flow---the number of items moving from consumers to manufacturers---has been gaining momentum. These returns can occur in a variety of ways, from customers taking advantage of a refund policy to warranty contracts to discards of items that have come to the ends of their useful lives. Competitive and legal forces and the need for more efficient manufacturing are now driving the need to better manage returns. A closed loop supply chain is a supply chain that is designed to consider the acquisition and return flows of products, reuse activities, and the distribution of the recovered products. A "demand chain" focuses on what the customer wants and needs, as opposed to seeing the customer as a closed box that generates some random demand. We define a "closed loop demand chain" as "a closed loop supply chain that is designed to consider customer characteristics and the influence of its decisions on the structure of the market it is serving". Our aim is to describe and analyze the operational and strategic decisions that need to be made in a closed loop demand chain. We use two examples: A product returns system and a remanufacturing system. For both cases, we solve for the optimal decisions of the firm and derive related insights. For the case of the remanufacturing system, we also examine the impact of remanufacturing on profits, customer surplus, and environmental friendliness, when compared to not remanufacturing.
Download or read book Closed Loop Supply Chains written by Mark E. Ferguson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closed-loop supply chain activities such as remanufacturing, recycling, dismantling for spare parts, and reverse logistics have helped many companies tap into new revenue streams by finding secondary markets for their products, all while reducing their overall carbon footprint. Written by academic experts, in language that is accessible to practitioners, this authoritative resource examines recent research and case studies of companies running profitable reuse/remanufacture operations in various industries. It illustrates profitable practices in returned and recovered products, clearly explaining how to: design a reverse logistics network, conduct production planning, implement effective marketing strategies, and apply closed-loop supply chain strategies in industries besides manufacturing. From product development to materials to assembly and profitability, this complete resource explores the impact of these processes across all aspects of the supply chain.
Download or read book Reverse Logistics written by Rommert Dekker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses decision making in reverse logistics, which concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources. It covers a wide range of aspects, related to distribution, production and inventory management, and supply chain management. For each topic, it highlights key managerial issues in real-life examples and explains which quantitative models are available for addressing them. By treating a broad range of issues in a unified way, the book offers the reader a comprehensive view on the field of reverse logistics.
Download or read book Essays on Retail Operations written by Tugce Vural and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision making spends valuable resources of a decision maker such as time, energy, and cognitive power. This dissertation focuses on the ripple effects of the customers' costly decision making process that a retailer should recognize in its operational decisions. In Chapter 2, a new choice model is presented to capture the customers' effort in their purchase decision. The optimal consideration set of customers, i.e., which options to collect information from, is characterized using a stylized model. We show that biases towards the options, stochastic payoffs, and the degree of difficulty in collecting and processing information are the primary determinants of the consideration set formation. By anticipating how customers make a choice, a retailer's optimal product assortment and price decision are provided. We further introduce the concept of fashion and show its influence both on the customers' and a retailer's decisions. Chapter 3 continues the discussion with the Home-Try-On retail model that intends to assist customers in finding what they value by sending a curated box of products to their homes. The retail model is analyzed by optimizing the assortment and price decisions to understand whether if it is optimal for a retailer to determine the box content for its customers. We show that it is not always profitable for a retailer to determine the box content. In some cases, the optimal decision maker of the box composition, i.e., customers or the retailer, can be the one who acquires and evaluates the information in a more costly manner. The chapter aims the attention on the retail operations that are not directly observable by customers, yet are affected by the costliness of purchase decisions. We specifically present the ways in which the inventory replenishment mechanism is shaped by helping customers in a Home-Try-On retail. Using insights from the interviews that we conducted with a Home-Try-On retailer, a unique version of a closed-loop supply chain is presented and simulated. The outputs of the simulation further point out the necessity of approaching the problems with a closed-loop supply chain lens due to the complexity of emerging operation models. These chapters suggest the importance of incorporating the value of customers' attention and new avenues that it opens in the Operations Management discipline.
Download or read book Essays on Product Variety and Supply Chain Management Product Line Pricing Capacity and Inventory Choices written by Zhenxin Yu and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation studies product variety and product lisle design in supply chain management. The first essay explores the impact of customer demand uncertainties on product line design. The second essay investigates risk pooling effect on product line design. The third essay studies effect of economies of scale on product variety.
Download or read book Capabilities and Effectiveness of Closed loop Supply Chains written by Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Games in Management Science written by Pierre-Olivier Pineau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers a large spectrum of cutting-edge game theory applications in management science in which Professor Georges Zaccour has made significant contributions. The book consists of 21 chapters and highlights the latest treatments of game theory in various areas, including marketing, supply chains, energy and environmental management, and cyber defense. With this book, former Ph.D. students and successful research collaborators of Professor Zaccour wish to honor his many scientific achievements.
Download or read book Analyzing the Ways Companies Can Incentivize Consumers to Initiate the Returns Process Within Closed Loop Supply Chains written by Gabrielle Rego and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of Closed-Loop Supply Chains (CLSCs) worldwide has become increasingly popular, as sustainability is becoming a critical component of an organization's mission and strategy. While the company's responsibility for the product ends upon its delivery to the consumer in traditional supply chains, companies utilizing CLSCs are taking the additional responsibility for the product as waste. Therefore, companies must evaluate proper incentives to encourage the consumer to return the product to the company rather than conveniently disposing of it. This thesis, in full, provides background and current practices of Closed-Loop Supply Chains and analyzes the incentives needed for consumers to return used products to companies implementing a CLSC to be remanufactured, repaired, or recycled. This knowledge is contained through the analysis of literature reviews and existing CLSC practices across various industries to come up with a classification system of the criteria present in products that lend themselves capable of being returned. Based on the analysis of the existing CLSC applications and literature reviews, three standard criteria were current: consumer's need to replace the product, the feasibility of return process for the consumer, and monetary incentives in exchange for the consumers return. This thesis could provide a framework for companies looking to execute a reverse strategy within their CLSC and encourage consumers to return the product based on its criteria.
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Download or read book Dynamic Inventory Management in Reverse Logistics written by Rainer Kleber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of product recovery into regular production processes enables new opportunities for cost savings. In case of a dynamic planning situation, for instance when dealing with seasonality or the product life cycle, new motives for keeping stock arise. The work aims to identify those motives and to describe their effects by using methods of optimal control theory.
Download or read book Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making written by Herbert Dawid and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects research papers addressing topical issues in economics and management with a particular focus on dynamic models which allow to analyze and foster the decision making of firms in dynamic complex environments. The scope of the contributions ranges from daily operational challenges firms face to strategic choices in dynamic industry environments and the analysis of optimal growth paths. The volume also highlights recent methodological developments in the areas of dynamic optimization, dynamic games and meta-heuristics, which help to improve our understanding of (optimal) decision making in a fast evolving economy.
Download or read book Are You Really Closing Your Supply Chain written by Rabindranath Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-02 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at an important and underserved niche within supply chain management education and application: closed loop supply chain management where the product travels from cradle to cradle and not to grave. Products get a new life or become hybrid (combination of old and new) as it travels down the forward line to customers and back to the starting point through the reverse line from customers and again back to customers through forward line. All supply chain professionals need to understand this for their own survival in today's competitive world. This book is based on the research work carried out by the author for nearly four years in the Department of Management Studies of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India and is meant to guide the practitioners (especially original equipment suppliers for especially auto parts) towards design of models, analysis of the same, drawing insights from them and ultimately providing superior service to customers. The author hopes to bring out the entire book in three parts and the first part of the series describes what is supply chain or forward supply chain to be precise, its evolution, motivation behind it, design and structure of the same and the way forward. Reverse supply chain and Closed loop supply chain integrating both forward and reverse chains would be taken up in the remaining two parts. This book is unlike any text book on Supply chain and is meant for general public as well as professionals and students who would like to have a general knowledge of the subject without going through complicated theories and problems. The dialogue between colleagues in between hope would help the readers get rid of monotony and a feel of reality.
Download or read book Product Recovery Behavior in a Closed Loop Supply Chain written by Karl Inderfurth and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
