Closed-loop supply chains : new developments to improve the sustainability of business practices / [edited by] Mark E. Ferguson and Gilvan C. Souza.

Other author Ferguson, Mark, 1969-
Other author Souza, Gilvan C.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoca Raton : CRC Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxviii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSupply chain integration
Supply chain integration series. ^A758526
Contents Commentary on closed-loop supply chains / Mark Ferguson and Gilvan C. Souza -- Strategic issues in closed-loop supply chains with remanufacturing / Mark Ferguson -- Environmental legislation on product take-back and recovery / Atalay Atasu and Luk N. van Wassenhove -- Product design issues / Bert Bras -- Designing the reverse logistics network / Necati Aras, Tamer Boyaci, and Vedat Verter -- Product acquisition, grading, and disposition decisions / Moritz Fleischmann, Michael R. Galbreth, and George Tagaras -- Production planning and control for remanufacturing / Gilvan C. Souza -- Market for remanufactured products : empirical findings / Ravi Subramanian -- Examples of existing profitable practices in product take-back and recovery / Mark Ferguson, Gilvan C. Souza, and L. Beril Toktay -- Reuse and recycling in the motion picture industry / Charles J. Corbett -- Reverse supply chain in hospitals : lessons from three case studies in Montreal / Rajesh K. Tyagi ... [et al.] -- Interdisciplinarity in closed-loop supply chain management research / Vishal Agrawal and L. Beril Toktay -- Empirical studies in closed-loop supply chains : can we source a greener mousetrap? / Stephan Vachon and Robert D. Klassen -- Conclusion and future research directions / Mark Ferguson and Gilvan C. Souza.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010005524
ISBN9781420095258 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1420095250 (hardcover : alk. paper)