The optimal determination of the collection period for returned products in the sustainable supply chain

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Zaarour, Nizar ^a   Melachrinoudis, Emanuel ^b   Solomon, Marius M ^a   Min, Hokey ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

a close loop supply chain; collection time period; product returns; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890798004     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2013.836160     Document Type: Article

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