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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Huanhuan Zhao, Yong Liu, Zhiyang Liu
Summary: With the increasing seriousness of resource waste and environmental degradation, closed-loop supply chains have gained more attention. This study focuses on how to effectively manage corporate social responsibility (CSR) and resolve conflicts in closed-loop supply chains. By using Stackelberg game theory, the study compares centralized and decentralized decisions, considering the impact of CSR on supply chain decisions, and proposes a coordination mechanism through two-step pricing.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Behrooz Khorshidvand, Adel Guitouni, Kannan Govindan, Hamed Soleimani
Summary: In recent years, there has been increasing attention on the design of closed-loop supply chains. This study aims to examine a multi-level, dual-channel green closed-loop supply chain that integrates circular economy principles. By determining optimal equilibrium prices, greening levels, and advertising strategies, the study finds that a collaborative approach surpasses a decentralized one regarding sustainability and profitability across the supply chain. The study also highlights the trade-offs between centralization and decentralization, as well as the importance of targeted advertising and incentivizing circular economy practices through collaboration for positive environmental and economic outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mahsa Arabi, Mohammad Reza Gholamian
Summary: This research proposes a multi-period, multi-product mixed-integer quadratic programming problem to optimize a closed-loop stone supply chain network design, considering resilience and quality uncertainty. It also investigates the competition between local and imported stone prices. A case study on Iranian stone mining is conducted to demonstrate the efficiency and applicability of the proposed model. The results suggest that transportation costs have a greater impact on profit than operational costs, and West Azerbaijan and Isfahan have great potential in the stone industry.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Javad Asl-Naja, Saeed Yaghoubi
Summary: This paper studies a coordination approach in a closed-loop supply chain during the product life cycle, and finds that while the hybrid contract can achieve a Pareto optimal solution in the life-cycle model, it may not work optimally in individual phases.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Hamed Rajabzadeh, Jorn Altmann, Morteza Rasti-Barzoki
Summary: The increasing rate of manufacturers and consequently the production of products has led to a rise in used products. To address the environmental and social consequences of this growth, supply chain operators are focusing on reverse logistics for collecting and reusing these items. This study investigates pricing issues in a supply chain with a manufacturer and two retailers to develop an effective collection strategy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Yun Geon Kim, Byung Do Chung
Summary: The phenomenon of reshoring is enforced by governments in developed countries to strengthen the manufacturing industries and solve problems such as economic recession and job scarcity. Offshoring has become expensive for industries due to increasing labor and logistics costs and decreasing productivity in host countries. This study analyzes the effects of productivity-adjusted costs and reverse logistics on reshoring decisions, highlighting the influence of supply chain network facilities and the characteristics of both host and home countries. Companies should adopt right-shoring strategies considering reshoring drivers, while governments need discriminative budgeting strategies for promoting reshoring based on manufacturing processes and home country characteristics.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Chang-Yi Liu, Hui Wang, Juan Tang, Ching-Ter Chang, Zhi Liu
Summary: This study examines the collection and utilization of used batteries from energy vehicles, analyzing how uncertain residual capacity affects operational decisions and economic performance in closed-loop supply chains. Results show varying impacts of different recovery models on EV manufacturers, battery suppliers, and the environment.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Guihong Zhao, Xintong Zhai, Yuzi Jing
Summary: Currently, there is no complete system for the recovery and disposal of decommissioned aircraft in China. This paper establishes a two-channel closed-loop supply chain model consisting of an aeronautical materials manufacturer, an aircraft manufacturer, and a third-party recycler, and studies the situation of supply chain recycling under their leadership. Furthermore, game theory is applied to analyze the third-party recycler and centralized decision making. The results demonstrate that the overall revenue of the supply chain is optimal under centralized decision making, but not Pareto optimal under decentralized decision making.
Article
Mathematics
Lang Liu, Lulu Wang, Taisheng Huang, Jinhui Pang
Summary: This paper studies the effect of competitive behavior and product goodwill on the decision making in a closed-loop supply chain. By constructing dynamic equations, the optimal path for each decision variable is determined, and the impact of price competition among manufacturers on the decision making of supply chain members is analyzed.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xinyi Li, Guoxuan Huang, Jie Chu, Benrong Zheng, Kai Huang
Summary: This study explores the impact of retailer co-opetition on a closed-loop supply chain with one manufacturer and two competing retailers. Different co-opetition modes have varying effects on profitability for retailers and the supply chain system, with Bertrand competition mode showing the highest return rate. The optimal contractual parameters for coordinating decentralized closed-loop supply chains depend on remanufacturing efficiency and competition degree between the retailers.
Review
Management
Sumit Sarkar, Shrey Bhala
Summary: The literature on closed loop supply chains has overlooked advantageous inequality aversion in modelling the fairness concern of channel partners, showing that coordinating a decentralized channel requires complex price contracts. This paper demonstrates that a constant wholesale price contract can effectively coordinate a manufacturer-led CLSC if the retailer's advantageous inequality aversion is strong. The results show that higher collection rates and channel profits are achieved when the retailer exhibits inequality aversion compared to profit maximization, regardless of the end-of-use product collector.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Behrooz Khorshidvand, Hamed Soleimani, Soheil Sibdari, Mir Mehdi Seyyed Esfahani
Summary: The paper proposes a new hybrid method that simultaneously involves SCC decisions and CLSCND objectives, aiming to maximize profit and minimize CO2 emission through price, greenness, and advertisement decisions. The applicability of the approach is validated through several examples, showing an improvement in economic and environmental objectives under greening and advertising decisions.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Elnaz Kanani Kuchesfehani, Elena M. Parilina, Georges Zaccour
Summary: This study models a closed-loop supply chain as a stochastic dynamic game, considering the strategic interactions between the manufacturer and retailer, the intertemporal nature of product remanufacturing, and the uncertainty in parameter values. It characterizes and compares the solutions in two different scenarios and provides numerical experiments.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chong Zhang, Ying Liu, Guanghua Han
Summary: This study investigates dynamic pricing and green issues in a two-stage dual-channel supply chain, discussing pricing and green strategies under decentralized and centralized decision scenarios, proposing a cost-sharing contract, and finding the relationship between market demand and selling price.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tianle Tian, Chuiyong Zheng, Liguo Yang, Xiaochun Luo, Lin Lu
Summary: This paper studies the optimal recycling channel selection and coordination of the closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) in the power battery industry, taking into consideration corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and uncertain demand. The study finds that consumer sensitivity to CSR efforts positively impacts the profits of CLSC participants. Additionally, the coordination decision-making model consistently outperforms the decentralized decision-making model under the same recycling mode.
