In this article, I present a review and tutorial of the literature on closed‐loop supply chains,
which are supply chains where, in addition to typical forward flows, there are reverse flows of …

The increased popularity of remanufacturing requires firms to rethink their supply chain
systems and explore new avenues for the coordination of forward and reverse supply chains …

Manufacturers often face a choice of whether to recover the value in their end‐of‐life
products through remanufacturing. In many cases, firms choose not to remanufacture, as …

Twenty years ago, supply chains were busy fine-tuning the logistics of products from raw
material to the end customer. Products are obviously still streaming in the direction of the …

In this paper we consider a tactical production‐planning problem for remanufacturing when
returns have different quality levels. Remanufacturing cost increases as the quality level …

Historically, both the theory and practice of supply chain management have placed an
emphasis on manufacturing and distribution operations, ie, the forward channel, which …

In this paper, we consider production planning when inputs have different and uncertain
quality levels, and there are capacity constraints. This situation is typical of most …

We consider a firm equipped with the flexibility to produce and sell both new and
remanufactured products and has to invest in (a) increasing the reusability level of its …

Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

Remanufacturing of used products has become accepted as an advantageous disposition
option within the field of reverse logistics. Remanufacturing, where a firm takes returned …