Packaging enables the movement of product from its point of origin to its point of
consumption and influences all other industries directly or indirectly. Despite technological …

In recent years, reverse logistics (RL) has become a field of importance for all organizations
due to growing environmental concerns, legislation, corporate social responsibility and …

With the increase of concern from environmental pollution and waste of resources,
manufacturing firms have realized that the recovery of used products becomes an …

Magnified resource consumption and depletion of natural resources calls for non-flexible or
strict regulations and penalties on industrial operations, increased rate of processing and …

One of the main challenges for modern logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) is
the automation of processes along the supply chain. Although research on different …

Purpose For the past 20 years, Latin American countries have gone from being a low-cost
region to significant players in the world economy, with five of its countries ranked among …

A common and comprehensive framework that clarifies the choice of a reverse logistics (RL)
strategy is still unavailable in the extant literature. Such a complete framework for RL …

Reverse logistics is convincingly one of the most efficient solutions to reduce environmental
pollution and waste of resources by capturing and recovering the values of the used …

As e-commerce grows, tackling its environmental impacts, including those of packaging,
becomes increasingly challenging. This study explores the benefits of reusable industrial …

A method to solve the design of a distribution network for bottled drinks company is
introduced. The distribution network proposed includes three stages: manufacturing centers …