A deterministic approach for remanufacturing inventory for reverse supply chain

Abstract

Presently, Reverse logistic is attracting lot of attention among the researchers, as newlineour globe is moving towards environmental, economic and social sustainability. The newlinemain agenda is to minimize the use of natural resources and save the planet for our newlineyoung generation. Reverse logistic is a scientific tool which can be used for newlineenvironmental sustainability and economic advantages can be achieved through 3R newlinemethodology comparing of reduce, reuse and recycle of EOL (End Of Life) products. A newlinemajor challenge in reverse logistic is to design an inventory model for the collection, newlineaggregation and production of new products from the end of life products. Solid waste newlinemanagement is in very critical state in our country and as our country is moving towards newline Swatch Bharat , so it is the responsibility of each and every person of our country to newlinemake it pollution free and environmentally sustainable. In this study a unique model is newlineproposed for the production-recycling-remanufacturing of disposed aluminium beverage newlinecans. The aluminium cans are either reproduced or mixed with primary (virgin) newlinealuminium metal for the making of fresh cans to meet the required demand. newlineMathematical models are used to reduce the total inventory cost of the process and the newlineamount of cans disposed into the scrapyard. Mathematical investigation under the model newlineexplained that the quantity of cans gathered was having biggest effect on the result of the newlinetotal cost. Another inventory model was proposed for a remanufacturing process in newlinewhich the demand is fulfilled by direct manufactured products as well as remanufactured newlineproducts. The study is based on the primary assumption that the return products are remanufactured newlineat a static rate. And the goods or products which are treated similar to the newlinefresh ones. The economic order quantity for the manufactured and remanufactured items newlineis calculated simultaneously. Partial differential method is used to calculate the newlineoptimised total cost of the entire process. The proposed models attempt to explore the newlineoptimal qu