TOC-based approach on a decision-making model of recycling reverse logistics

Author

Zhou, Gengui ; Cao, Zhenyu ; Qi, Fangzhong ; Ye, Feng

Author_Institution

Coll. of Bus. Adm., Zhejiang Univ. of Technol., Hangzhou

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1170

Lastpage

1174

Abstract

Based on the concept of the theory of constraints, this paper discusses a decision-making model of recycling reverse logistics. Taking the measure of throughput as its decision objective, we formulate the recycling reverse logistics problem into a linear programming. Meanwhile, we apply the TOC-based model to a rubber manufacturing enterprise which proves that it is more effective than the traditional approach in minimizing the total cost.

Keywords

constraint theory; cost reduction; decision making; goods distribution; linear programming; reverse logistics; rubber industry; rubber products; cost reduction; decision-making model; linear programming; recycling reverse logistics system; rubber manufacturing enterprise; rubber product distribution; theory of constraints; Business; Constraint theory; Costs; Decision making; Environmental economics; Linear programming; Recycling; Reverse logistics; Throughput; Virtual manufacturing; decision-making model; reverse logistics; theory of constraints; throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2012-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2013-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686576

Filename

4686576