Understanding the reverse logistics operations of a retailer: A pilot study

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-531

  Hsu, Hy Sonya ^a   Alexander, Christine A ^b   Zhu, Zhiwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Distribution management; Information management; Retailing; Reverse scheduling

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; BUSINESS PROCESS; COST MINIMIZATION; DEPARTMENT STORE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION SHARING; PILOT STUDIES; RETAILING; REVERSE LOGISTICS; REVERSE SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS;

COST REDUCTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTICS; RETAIL STORES; SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650702829     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910948641     Document Type: Article

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