A cost-benefit study of consumer product take back programs using IBM's WIT reverse logistics optimization tool

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4569, Issue , 2001, Pages 13-22

  Veerakamolmal, Pitipong ^a   Lee, Yung Joon ^a   Fasano, J P ^b   Hale, Rhea ^c   Jacques, Mary ^c  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM Engineering Center for Environmentally Conscious Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

REVERSE LOGISTICS; TAKE-BACK PROGRAMS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

EID: 0035764185     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455279     Document Type: Article

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2. Veerakamolmal, P. and Gupta, S.M., "Optimizing the Supply Chain in Reverse Logistics", Proceedings of the SPIE International Conference on Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Vol. 4193, pp. 157-166, 2000.
3. Gupta, S.M. and Veerakamolmal, P., "A Bi-directional Supply Chain Optimization Model for Reverse Logistics", Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, pp. 254-259, 2000.
4. IBM Watson Implosion Technology: Release 6.0 User's Guide and Reference, May 23, 2000.