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SPRINGER Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains 2005 Edition by FLAPPER, SIMME DOUWE P
Closed-Loop Supply Chains (CLSC) offer companies a unique opportunity to improve their profits whilst serving societal responsibility. The management of CLSC differs in a number of ways from managing supply chains in general. The book examines these differences and how these differences may be dealt with in practice, by offering a concrete framework, introducing the different aspects related to CLSC and their mutual relations, in a systematic logical way as well as cases clustered according to the inputs for a CLSC. The framework and especially the cases from successful companies offer the reader an invaluable help to build and improve CLSC. to closed-loop supply chains.- Production closed-loop supply chains.- Reverse logistics in a pharmaceutical company: the Schering case.- Reverse logistics in an electronics company: the NEC-Cl case.- Distribution closed-loop supply chains.- The chip in crate: the Heineken case.- Recovery and reuse of maritime containers: the Blue Container Line case.- Empty container reposition: the port of Rotterdam case.- Commercial returns closed-loop supply chains.- Commercial returns of sun-protection products: the L'Oreal France case.- Commercial returns of printers: the HP case.- Commercial returns in a mail order company: the Wehkamp case.- Repair and replacement closed-loop supply chains.- The repair of electronic equipment: the OMRON case.- Tire recovery: the RetreadCo case.- The closed-loop supply chain of service parts: the Whirlpool case.- End-of-use closed-loop supply chains.- End-of-lease asset recovery: the Oce case.- Cellular telephone reuse: the ReCellular Inc. case.- Recovery of car engines: the Mercedes-Benz case.- End-of-life closed-loop supply chains.- Recovering end-of-life large white goods: the Dutch initiative.- End-of-life tire recovery: the Thessaloniki initiative.- Conclusions on closed-loop supply chains.- Future developments in managing closed-loop supply chains.