Search for dissertations about: "reverse logistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words reverse logistics.

2. 1. Reverse Logistics Systems : an Interorganisational Perspective, Focusing on Paper Recycling

   Author : Maria Huge-Brodin; Sten Wandel; Helén Anderson; Susanne Hertz; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Reverse Logistics; Recycling; Paper; Interorganisational; Case studies;

   Abstract : The purpose of the study is to describe and analyse reverse logistics systems. The study is a qualitative case study, and the main case comprise three actors: a supplier of recycled paper; their customer, the paper mill, and the transport provider linking the customer and supplier. Reference cases are recycling electronics and recycling cars. READ MORE

4. 2. Logistics Systems for Recycling - Efficient Collection of Household Waste

   Author : Marianne Jahre; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; waste col lection systems; reverse distribution; green logistics; collection; reverse logistics; recycling; environment; waste;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates collection and recycling of household waste with focus on packaging materials. The purpose is how to describe and explain the d esign of a collection system according to different system environments in orde r to achieve high logistics performance in terms of low cost and high service. READ MORE

5. 3. Logistics systems for recycling : on the influence of products, structures, relationships and power

   Author : Maria Huge Brodin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : logistics systems; recycling; products structures; relationships; power; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The environmental trend, and environmental legislation, has during the past decade grown stronger, and with it the focus on environmental issues within many fields of research and practice. This has implications for logistics, and the focus in this dissertation is on the logistics systems that are needed to realise recycling of end-of-life products: logistics systems for recycling (LSRs). READ MORE

6. 4. Organising Product Recovery in Business Networks

   Author : Igor Insanic; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; product recovery; industrial networks; remanufacturing; refurbishing; organising; closed loop supply chain management; waste management; activity coordination; transvection; resource combining; recycling; reverse logistics; reverse supply chain; recycling; sorting;

   Abstract : The licentiate thesis includes an analysis of different ways of organising product recovery. The aim of product recovery is raw materials conservation, which is strongly related to sustainable development. READ MORE

7. 5. Assessment of urban solid waste logistics systems: the case of Kampala, Uganda

   Author : Joel Kinobe; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : Many cities, especially in developing countries, are facing challenges in the management of solid waste. The aim of the study was to develop effective logistics systems for solid waste management in urban areas of developing countries, with a specific focus on Kampala, Uganda. READ MORE