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Identification Of Potential Recovery Facilities For Strategic Planning Of An Efficient Reverse Distribution Network, Surendra Gupta, Kishore Pochampally, Sagar Kamarthi
Identification Of Potential Recovery Facilities For Strategic Planning Of An Efficient Reverse Distribution Network, Surendra Gupta, Kishore Pochampally, Sagar Kamarthi
Sagar Kamarthi
Strategic planning of a distribution network is one of the most challenging aspects of reverse logistics. To effectively satisfy drivers such as profitability, environmental regulations and asset recovery, only the recovery facilities that have the potential to efficiently reprocess used-products must be considered in the reverse distribution network design. Due to uncertainties in supply, quality and reprocessing times of usedproducts, traditional forward logistics approaches to identify potential manufacturing facilities are not appropriate for direct adoption in reverse logistics. This paper proposes a mathematical programming approach, taking the above uncertainties into account, to effectively select potential facilities from a set of …
A Multi-Kanban Model For Disassembly, Surendra Gupta, Gun Udomsawat, Sagar Kamarthi
A Multi-Kanban Model For Disassembly, Surendra Gupta, Gun Udomsawat, Sagar Kamarthi
Sagar Kamarthi
In this paper we demonstrate how kanbans can be used in a disassembly line setting. Disassembly line is quite different from assembly line in terms of material movement, demand arrival and inventory level fluctuation. We discuss these differences and introduce the concept of a multi-kanban mechanism to cope with them. With the help of a simulation model (developed using the ARENA software), we show that the modified kanban mechanism is in fact an effective tool for a disassembly line setting. An example is presented to illustrate the concept.