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UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC AND LAW

Course

LOGISTICS

Instructor: Dr. Nguyễn Duy Quang


Email: quangnd@[Link]
2024

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CHAPTER 10. REVERSE LOGISTICS

 Reverse logistics
 Gartner’s framework for reverse logistics and returns
management
 Industry reports
 Closed-loop supply chains

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REVERSE LOGISTICS

Reverse logistics is a specialized segment of logistics focusing on


the movement and management of products and resources
after the sale and after delivery to the customer (CSCMP)
 Why are products returned?
 How to optimize reverse logistics?
 Should reverse logistics be outsourced to 3rd party?

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REVERSE LOGISTICS

Source: Blumberg (2005)


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ACTORS IN THE RECOVERY PROCESSES

 Retail companies
 Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
 Government or authorities
 Private waste management and product return companies
 Traders of recovered products or recycled materials
 Re-processors, transforming returned products into (re-)usable forms
 Customers

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GARTNER’S FRAMEWORK FOR REVERSE LOGISTICS & RETURNS MANAGEMENT

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OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES

 Internal strategy: all strategic activities related to the internal


organization, alignment and management of reverse logistic and
returns
 Customer strategy: all customer-related strategic activities within
reverse logistics and returns management
 Supplier strategy: all supplier related strategic activities within
reverse logistics and returns management

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ADJACENT ACTIVITIES

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CLOSED-LOOP SUPPLY CHAINS

Closed-loop supply chain management is “the design,


control, and operation of a system to maximize value
creation over the entire lifecycle of a product with dynamic
recovery of value from different types and volumes of
returns over time.”

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