2013 |
Volume 2 |
Issue 2
Returnable Container Collection Process in Reverse Supply Chain Operations: A Case Study of an Indian Distillery Company
1.
Venkatesh
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
2.
V G.*
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
3.
Lavesh Punjabi
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
4.
Vikash Gupta
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
5.
Sandeep Patil
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
6.
Rakesh Kadam
– *symbiosis Institute Of Operations Management, Symbiosis International Univ., Nashik Campus, India
Received
26-Mar-2013
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Accepted
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Published
26-Mar-2013
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Abstract
Reverse Logistics (RL) field is recognized as an imperative field of research across all industry domains. The contribution of the
RL practices to the firm’s supply chain performance is also well established through various researches. Corporates have started
considering RL processes as an integrated strategy in their design and execution of the supply chains. Field research outputs
are going in the various sectors in showing the reverse supply chain practices and their increased importance in the system. This
research paper reflects a comprehensive analysis of the RL practices with respect to distillery industry in India. The field, distillery
industry is highly an unexplored and a complex one. In this domain, the scope for controlled practices in Reverse logistics is
having a direct impact on the performance of established supply chain. The paper has attempted a pioneer step to analyze the
area of RL operations in distillery Industry by understanding their various factors and their mutual relationship with respect to
distillery industry by using established modeling technique ISM (Interpretive Structural Modeling). It finally recommends factors to
be focused in increasing the RL performance in the Distillery Industry.
Keywords Reverse Logistics, Returnable Containers, Interpretive Structural Modeling, Distillery Industry
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