Green Reverse Supply Chain on the Way of Optimization: A Case of Dairy Sector

The achievement of chain greening objectives, besides costs minimization, can be realized when both reverse and forward flows are taken into account in the design of the supply chain network. It is possible to decrease the chain costs and have a greener chain by means of different strategies like vehicular routing, hub location, inventory management, and simultaneous pickup and delivery. The development of green reverse supply chains and the practice of the above-mentioned strategies are becoming increasing important with the appearance of perishable product chains. Considering the mentioned points, the current study attempts to design a green reverse supply chain network for the purpose of distributing dairy items such as yogurt drink where the strategy of simultaneous pickup and delivery under uncertainty is taken into consideration. This model focuses on the simultaneous costs reduction and also decrease of lost demands and presents a fuzzy solution for solving the bi-objective model.

Green Reverse Supply Chain on the Way of Optimization: A Case of Dairy Sector Keywords:

green reverse network , location-inventory-routing problem , Mathematical programming model , fuzzy solution approach , Dairy Industry