A Review on Strategic, Tactical and Operational Decision Planning in Reverse Logistics of Green Supply Chain Network Design

Abstract

The environmental impact has been a critical issue in supply chain network research. Handling it efficiently will help the firm reduce pollution and save cost. In order to improve the environmental effect on this supply chain network, recovery activity becomes a significant part in the reverse logistics network, due to complexity and heterogeneity. In a reverse logistics network, there are many decision problems to be taken into consideration such as facility location, capacity allocation, production planning and vehicle routing. Each of these problems can be categorized into three types of decision planning: strategic, tactical or operational, based on the time planning horizon. In this paper, we review the literature of supply chain network in an effort to achieve green through implementing reverse logistic practices, and classify the defined problems by the group of decision planning. In general, most of the literatures are focused on the strategic and tactical decision planning, only a few are operational-based. The objective of this paper is to analyze the decision planning being done in this area of research and provide future insights on how to design the reverse logistics network with different decision planning which will reflect the real life scenario.

An Insight into Reverse Logistics with a Focus on Collection Systems

“…Reverse supply chain problems consist of various decisions that need to be considered. There are three levels of decision that are commonly considered in RSC: strategic, tactical, and operational decisions [66]. Strategic decisions include long-term decisions on locations and capacities and technologies of facilities.…”

Leveraging big data analytics capabilities in making reverse logistics decisions and improving remanufacturing performance

“…Tactical decisions in reverse logistics involve remanufacturing planning, management of inventories, procurement decisions and handling the returns of defective/end-of-life products/components. Finally, operational decisions in reverse logistics involve daily decisions which is the outcome of strategic and tactical decision-making (Misni and Lee, 2017). The research team argued that firms possessing BDA capabilities can efficiently build reverse logistics strategies for developing competence in remanufacturing operations.…”

Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance

“…Both emergent and planned sustainability strategic decision making are vital for addressing sustainability related matters (Neugebauer et al, 2016). A successful RL implementation demands embedding RL decisions from the strategic level through the tactical level to the operational level (Misni & Lee, 2017) along with the cooperation from the SC. When environment‐friendly practices are implemented, their impact on the overall SC performance should also be investigated to ensure that the vital SC metrics are not ignored with environmental practices (Azevedo, Carvalho, & Cruz Machado, 2011).…”