Reverse logistics management of the publishing industry in China

Author

Li, Yongjian ; Wei, Cansheng ; Xu, Lei

Author_Institution

Bus. Sch., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China

fYear

2010

fDate

28-30 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the problem and challenge for the reverse logistics of the publishing industry in China. First we present the background of the publishing industry in China through analyzing the statistics data of the past 8 years. Then we point out existing problems and its underlying reasons existed in the industry. Finally we propose our solutions and suggestions to cope with the existing problems, including optimizing the reverse logistic structure of the publishing industry based on the 3PL, and developing an efficient information system of the reverse logistics of the publishing industry.

Keywords

information systems; publishing; reverse logistics; statistical analysis; 3PL; China; information system; publishing industry; reverse logistics management; statistics data analysis; Books; Costs; Educational institutions; Information systems; Marketing and sales; Paper making; Publishing; Reverse logistics; Statistics; Supply chains; 3PL; Information System; Optimization; Publishing industry; Reverse logistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2010 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6485-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2010.5530234

Filename

5530234