Product Reuse Economics in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research

This paper provides a critical review of analytic research on the business economics of product reuse inspired by industrial practice. Insights and critical assumptions are provided for each paper. We further classify the research into four streams: industrial engineering/operations research, design...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Production and operations management 2008-09, Vol.17 (5), p.483-496
Main Authors: Atasu, Atalay, Guide Jr, V. Daniel R., Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
closed-loop supply chains
Competition
Cooperation
Decision making
Economic aspects
Economics
Industrial engineering
Influence
Inventory control
Logistics
Management decisions
Manufacturers
OEM
Product development
Product life cycle
Product returns
Production management
Production planning
Profitability
Profits
Remanufacturing
reuse economics
Reverse logistics
Studies
Supply chain management
Supply chains
Value creation
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper provides a critical review of analytic research on the business economics of product reuse inspired by industrial practice. Insights and critical assumptions are provided for each paper. We further classify the research into four streams: industrial engineering/operations research, design, strategy, and behavioral, and present a framework linking these streams. We find that some modeling assumptions risk being institutionalized, and suggest a renewed exploration of industrial practice. Future research should also include empirical work on consumer behavior, product diffusion, and valuation of returns.
ISSN:1059-1478
1937-5956
DOI:10.3401/poms.1080.0051