LSM 815

Reverse e logistics
• Reverse logistics utilises extensive outsourcing.
• Recovery of durable products
• The producer-pay pay principle dictates that the company responsible for an
environmental situation should pay for costs of the clean-up.
• The EU has proposed an “End-of-Life Vehicles” directive that would
require car manufacturers to cover the cost of taking back all cars
registered after 1 Jan, 2006.
• Several car manufacturers in EU and their suppliers developed programs
to recycle used car parts, beginning with disassembly of used cars. (e.g.
Volkswagen, Fiat)
• Returnable containers
• RCs do not provide clear advantages over one way systems.
• Return transport, t cost maintenance & management can be significant
ifi costs.
• Solutions range from:
• Closed loops back to the sender
• A central depot as a pool
• Booking to account for different users
• User deposits (Kroon & rijens, 1995)
• A model involves a central agency coordinating an open system where
pallets were returned to the agency.