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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Benrong Zheng, Liang Jin
Summary: This study examines the issue of remanufacturing patent licensing in secondary markets and compares two relicensing schemes. The results show that the OEM earns higher profits when licensing a third-party for remanufacturing, and consumers benefit more in this model. Additionally, when consumers have a high willingness-to-pay for remanufactured products, the OEM licensing the retailer for remanufacturing performs better.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Economics
Yuting Quan, Jiangtao Hong, Jingpu Song, Mingming Leng
Summary: This study examines the trade-in service in a closed-loop supply chain with a manufacturer and a retailer. The findings suggest that both firms prefer to operate the trade-in service by themselves in most cases, and identify the conditions under which the supply chain benefits from a scenario. Trade-in customers can enjoy different prices in the two scenarios.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Management
Emre Nadar, Baris Emre Kaya, Kemal Guler
Summary: The study reveals that the optimal sales plan involves partially satisfying demand when the product diffusion rate is high, the profit margin from remanufacturing is large, and the demand for remanufactured items is limited. As the diffusion rate increases, demand decreases, or the number of consumers returning end-of-use items rises, partial demand fulfillment extends to earlier stages of the life cycle.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Pietro De Giovanni, Georges Zaccour
Summary: This paper surveys two crucial issues in Closed-loop Supply Chain (CLSC) research: return functions and coordination mechanisms. Return functions determine the rules for returning end-of-life/use products to a collector, while coordination mechanisms align the objectives of closed-loop supply chain members through the adoption of specific mechanisms, such as contracts. The paper describes the latest developments in these two major CLSC-related fields and suggests future research directions.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ehsan Shekarian, Simme Douwe Flapper
Summary: Closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) are considered a key approach in the circular economy for reducing environmental impact, requiring collaboration among different parties. A framework focusing on collaboration structure of CLSCs based on a systematic literature review process identified 196 different structures with dual-channel collection and dual-selling channels being the most studied cases. Manufacturers are often prioritized as leaders and collectors in these structures, pointing out the need for further research.
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Junfeng Dong, Li Jiang, Wenxing Lu, Qiang Guo
Summary: This study investigates the problem of choosing the appropriate closed-loop supply chain structure for collecting used products from customers under various decision-making structures, marketing environments, and collection cost functions. The research shows that a unique optimal solution exists and identifies differences among the three decision-making structures, providing managerial guidelines.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ting Zeng, Tianjian Yang
Summary: This paper investigates profit allocation in a closed-loop supply chain, taking into account behavioral factors such as risk aversion and fairness concern. The study utilizes cooperative game analysis to examine equilibrium states under different scenarios, and finds that the centralized model outperforms the decentralized model even when considering retailers' risk aversion and fairness concern. Numerical study results show that the impact of risk aversion and fairness concern parameters on profit distribution is dynamic.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
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
Engineering, Industrial
Qingqi Long, Xiaoying Tao, Yunting Chen, Yingni Chen, Le Xu, Shuzhu Zhang, Jie Zhang
Summary: This study examines the impact of multiple stakeholders' green attitudes and behaviors on green closed-loop supply chains management. The models constructed in this study show that increasing government subsidies on price can benefit market demand and social welfare. Additionally, improving green sensitivity and preference can amplify this effect, especially when it comes to increasing social welfare.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hamed Jalali, Amir Ansaripoor, Vinay Ramani, Pietro De Giovanni
Summary: This study introduces a game-theoretic model of a closed-loop supply chain involving an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and a social collector. The research shows that while the social collector is indifferent between coopetition and competition, the OEM strictly prefers coopetition.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
A. Chakraborty, Tarun Maiti, B. C. Giri
Summary: This paper investigates the consignment stock policy in a closed-loop supply chain and optimizes a three-level supply chain under a Stackelberg game scenario. The study shows that the supply chain achieves the best outcomes when the manufacturer has more power.
RAIRO-OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Management
Meltem Denizel, Caroline Z. Schumm
Summary: The apparel and textile industry is considered highly polluting due to its complex supply chain and use of natural resources and toxic chemicals. Closed loop supply chains designed for other industries may not work well for apparel and textile. This study compares the practices of CLSCs in fashion brands to the electronics industry and highlights the need for industry-specific research and solutions.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chen Xintong, Li Bangyi, Li Zonghuo, Mark Goh, Wei Shanting
Summary: This paper explores the feasibility of product take-back regulation operating under collection and reuse targets. The results suggest that the manufacturer's optimal strategy depends on the regulation model applied, with higher regulation targets decreasing the manufacturer's profit but benefiting the supply chain from the reuse target.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Management
Ilkka Ritola, Harold Krikke, Marjolein C. J. Caniels
Summary: This study explores how firms can continuously learn from product returns information and suggests that incremental learning from product returns can potentially lead to a competitive advantage. The study supports existing literature by providing several propositions and offers a systematic framework for incremental learning from product returns information.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jian Wang, Shulin He
Summary: With the increasing importance of environmental issues, governments have implemented regulations to monitor companies' recycling of end-of-life products. This study focuses on a closed-loop supply chain of manufacturers investing in modular design. The study examines the interaction of governments, manufacturers, and collectors in the Stackelberg game, investigating the impact of changes in manufacturing and remanufacturing costs, subsidy and penalty policies, and comparing different regulations from economic, environmental, and social perspectives. Theoretical and numerical analyses reveal important conclusions regarding the influence of modularity, financial responsibility-sharing, and hazardous cost on equilibrium outcomes and the effectiveness of penalty and subsidy policies in improving social welfare.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)