 Practices of environmentally responsible reverse logistics systems in Brazilian companiesFernando César Almada Santos, EmÃlia Mendonça Andrade, Ana Carolina Ferreira, PatrÃcia Cristina Silva Leme and Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 63-85 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose a classification of reverse logistics systems based on activities for value recovery from returned products. Case studies were carried out in three Brazilian companies. Research results show that Company 1 uses a reverse logistics system based on 'disposal logistics system', the main reason for returns is 'end of life' and the main motivation is 'legislation'; Company 2 uses 'Recycling logistics system', the main reason for the returns is 'products not sold' and the main motivation is 'recovery of assets and value'; finally, Company 3 uses 'product reprocessing logistics system', the main reason for returns is 'end of life' and the main motivation is 'social and environmental responsibility'. Keywords: reverse logistics; returned products; value recovery; environmental management; strategic vision; motivation; constraints; Brazil; legislation; unsold products; asset recovery; end of life products; EOL products; social responsibility; environmental responsibility. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbpsc:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:63-85 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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