...Christopher Münch; Heiko A. von der Gracht; Evi Hartmann Purpose The importance of integrating sustainability into business activities rises continuously. In addition to an established focus on forward logistics, there is a growing awareness of reverse logistics. Reverse logistics ensures...

... and trust in the reverse logistics field. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopted a parallel analysis approach segregating the systematic literature review papers in two groups at NVivo®, collaboration and trust in the supply chain and collaboration and trust in reverse logistics, aiming...

...Elaine Aparecida Regiani de Campos; Istefani Carisio de Paula; Regina Negri Pagani; Patricia Guarnieri Purpose The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic literature review (SLR) aiming to identify reverse logistics (RL) concepts and practices applied to the end-of-life (EOL) and end-of-use...

... in the National Health Service (NHS), with a focus on reverse exchange (RE) systems as a part of the broader reverse logistics (RL) systems, within which medical devices are returned and exchanged. Design/methodology/approach – Two case studies were conducted with NHS Hospital Trusts, whilst another...

... satisfaction (Heikkilä, 2002). The scope of supply chain management research and practice has evolved to consider both forward and reverse flows in the chain. Reverse supply chain often termed as “reverse logistics”, was earlier known as “reverse distribution” which referred to the retro-movement...

.... It also contributes to our nascent knowledge by focusing on emerging markets. Reverse logistics theory is less mature than logistics and SCM (Dowlatshahi, 2000). Moreover, the extant literature’s treatment of GSCM and SSCM is inconsistent. For example, following an extensive review of the literature...

.... Consumers’ participation in reverse exchange is a key component of supply-chain reverse logistics. To address the gap in existing studies, this paper aims to empirically identify the intention and causes of consumer electronic product exchange (EPE). The proposed research model incorporates value-belief...

... systems (HWRSs) and household recycling behaviour (HRB) within the reverse logistics (RL) discourse. Design/methodology/approach – The paper contains empirical findings from a two phase, multi-method approach comprising consecutive inductive and deductive investigations. The qualitative...

...Nicholas Chileshe; Raufdeen Rameezdeen; M. Reza Hosseini; Steffen Lehmann Purpose – This paper aims to present a survey of the perceptions of the barriers to implementing reverse logistics (RL) practices in South Australian (SA) construction organisations. Despite the extensive research...

... investigates the existing household waste medicines reverse logistics (RL) system and makes recommendations for improvement by benchmarking it against household waste batteries RL. The viability and feasibility of these recommendations are evaluated through in-depth interviews with healthcare professionals...

... and conclusions are reached from the responses. These responses usually fall into two camps, the “token gesture” and the “overeager response”. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Cost management Auctions Supply‐chain management Reverse logistics Ethics Much has been written about an online auction’s...

...Laura Meade; Joseph Sarkis The selection of third‐party logistics providers is an intriguing practical and research question. With the development and advancement of reverse logistics concepts and practice, the selection of partners for the specific function of reverse logistics support becomes...

...Ronald S. Tibben‐Lembke; Dale S. Rogers This paper compares and contrasts forward and reverse logistics in a retail environment, with the focus on the reverse flow of product. Many differences between forward and reverse flows of logistics systems are presented. The impact of these factors depends...

..., and quality (Emiliani and Stec, 2001a). © MCB UP Limited 2002 Business‐to‐business marketing Cost management Internet Reverse logistics Online reverse auctions, also known as downward price auctions, have recently become a popular method for reducing the price of purchased materials...

... and, in particular, focuses on the concept of reverse logistics (the recycling of pharmaceutical stock for later re‐use). The research involved the analysis of returned stock from 28 hospital units and, from this data, the development and implementation of a revised recycling process within MRI Pharmacy. Concludes...

... literature. However, literature on the role of supply chain operations, mostly published in the area of reversed logistics, has failed to develop grounded theory and frameworks to support the application of such an approach. Furthermore, research is needed that goes beyond the partial and fragmented...