Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246425 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Operations Research Perspectives [ISSN:] 2214-7160 [Volume:] 7 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-27
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This paper develops a closed-loop supply chain model consisting of a single manufacturer, single retailer, and single collector under various coordination scenarios. New products produced from the manufacturing and remanufacturing processes will be sold to the market at the same price. Used products collected by the collector are sorted so that products categorized as recoverable will be sold to the manufacturer. There are two recovery processes considered in this paper, namely remanufacturing and refurbishing. Used products below the minimum acceptable quality level of the manufacturer will be categorized as waste and will be disposed of. We assume that the manufacturing process is imperfect as it produces reworkable defective products. A carbon cap-and-trade policy and investment in green technologies are applied in order to restrict the carbon emissions generated by the production stage of the system. The demand at the market place depends on the green technology level, the quality of the product, and the selling price. The proposed model is constructed under five different scenarios - centralized, decentralized, and three Stackelberg games led, respectively, by the manufacturer, retailer, and collector. A numerical example is provided to illustrate and compare the proposed model under each scenario and investigate the sensitivity of some of the model parameters on the optimal solutions. The results show that the centralized scenario performs better in maximizing the total profit compared to the decentralized one. However, the retailer-led Stackelberg model tends to give more equitable profit to all players when the selling price is set at the lower level as this will attract more demand.
Subjects: 
Closed-loop
Remanufacturing
Green technology
Carbon emission
Stackelberg game
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Document Type: 
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