A game of reverse logistics chain models with product remanufacturing

Author

Xi, Zhang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Harbin Univ. of Commerce, Harbin, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

9-10 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

914

Lastpage

917

Abstract

With the rapid development of e-business, more and more attention is paid on reverse logistics which is brought on by products returns. The main topic of this article is, when repairing and remanufacturing returns goods, how to choose the reverse logistics service pattern. We propose three kinds of closed-loop supply chain models and analyze the profit of B2C firm among these models. We find that the choice of reverse logistics service pattern is determined by the technology of product.

Keywords

game theory; maintenance engineering; profitability; recycling; reverse logistics; supply chain management; B2C firm; business-to-customer electronic business; closed-loop supply chain model; e-business; game theory; product remanufacturing; product returns; product technology; profit; repairing; returns goods; reverse logistics chain model; service pattern choice; Business; Companies; Explosives; Reverse logistics; Subcontracting; Supply chains; Web and internet services; Closed Loop Supply Chain; Repairing and Remanufacturing; Reverse Logistics; Service Pattern Choice;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Logistics Systems and Intelligent Management, 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLSIM.2010.5461048

Filename

5461048