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Closed‐Loop Supply Chains: An Introduction to the Feature Issue (Part 2)

Production and Operations ManagementPublished 1 December 2006
V. Daniel R. Guide, Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Citations75
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.36
SNIP1.91

TL;DR

The research in this feature issue furthers the understanding of closed-loop supply chain management and serves as a starting point for another round of research which continues to dig deeper still into relevant industry issues.

Abstract

Closed‐loop supply chain management is the design, control and operation of a system to maximize value creation over the entire life‐cycle of a product with dynamic recovery of value from different types and volumes of returns over time. The research in this feature issue furthers our understanding of this rich area and serves as a starting point for another round of research which continues to dig deeper still into relevant industry issues.

Keywords

Business, Management and Accounting