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Closed-Loop Supply Chains New Developments to Improve the Sustainability of Business Practices

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ISBN-10: 1420095250

ISBN-13: 9781420095258

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mark E. Ferguson, Gilvan C. Souza, Sameer Kumar

List price: $110.00
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A complete presentation of closed loop supply chain processes, this book demonstrates the impact it has on all aspect of the supply chain, from product development, to materials, to assembly and profitability. It includes research and case studies from the industries that use the closed loop supply chain methodology and explores how they use its practices to be more environmentally friendly and profitable. The authors cover profitable practices in returned products and recovery of products, designing the reverse logistics network, production planning, marketing strategies for recovered products, and how closed loop supply chain strategies can be used in industries other than manufacturing.
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Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Auerbach Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 257
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Mark Ferguson is the Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology and Management and the John and Wendi Wells Associate Professor of Operations Management in the College of Management at Georgia Tech. He received his PhD in Business Administration, with a concentration in Operations Management from Duke University in 2001. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. Dr. Ferguson's research interests involve many areas of supply chain management and sustainability including production planning policies for remanufacturing, product line extensions involving remanufactured products, the use of leasing and trade-in policies to…    

Mark Ferguson is the Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology and Management and the John and Wendi Wells Associate Professor of Operations Management in the College of Management at Georgia Tech. He received his PhD in Business Administration, with a concentration in Operations Management from Duke University in 2001. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. Dr. Ferguson's research interests involve many areas of supply chain management and sustainability including production planning policies for remanufacturing, product line extensions involving remanufactured products, the use of leasing and trade-in policies to…