Community recycling models for remanufacturing system

This article reports the results of a study that explores the choice of the community recycling channels in the closed-loop supply chain. The used products are collected by the manufacturer or community service center. A model contains single manufacturer and single community service center was established and solved based on the relationship between unit take-back cost, the beginning investment parameter and the return rate. In addition, we show that simple coordination mechanisms can be designed such that the collection effort of community service center and the supply chain profits are attained at the same level as in a centrally coordinated system. In order to explain the remanufacturing impact on enterprise profits, we also consider the case of no recycling as a comparison.