The textile and apparel industries have experienced the arrival of the sustainable fashion revolution, which symbolizes a significant switch towards improving green innovations and lessening environmental effects. As industries highlight sustainability through eco-friendly apparel merchandising...

Optimising resource efficiency is essential for sustainable product lifecycle management (PLM). This motivates the use of novel methodologies such as sustainable design, circular economy concepts, and causal machine learning algorithms. This study focuses on repair as one of the circular economy...

Background: Remanufacturing products for sustainability involves layout and production planning, tools and equipment, material arrangement and handling, inventory management, technology integration, and more. This study presents an empirical vision through a discrete event simulation (DES) model...

Purpose - The managerial questions of this paper are as follows: What are the equilibrium conditions of transfer price, quantity and profits when considering dynamic subsidies from the government? Which collection channel is better for a manufacturer, direct collection by itself or through an...

Purpose: This paper aims to propose a framework to define the facility layout problem (FLP) in a bi-directional logistics (BL) context, specifically highlighting the main factors that enterprises must consider when reverse flow is introduced in forward logistics (FL).Design/methodology/approach:...

Purpose: The consumption of high levels of natural resources by Hotels, Restaurants and Catering -HORECA- has a significant impact on the environment. This paper examined the evolution of food waste and loss management in HORECA Supply Chain.Design/methodology/approach: A mixed methodology is...

The increasing recognition of environmental concerns and the adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) have contributed significantly to the development of sustainable industries. Reverse logistics (RL) and closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) are two concepts that involve effective...

Background: Brazil's bioethanol supply chain is vital for global energy security and climate action but remains vulnerable to climate disruptions, market volatility, and conflicting stakeholder interests. While resilience strategies exist, they often overlook the potential of circular economy...

Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) wurden von der Ad-hoc-Arbeitsgruppe (AhG) "Dekarbonisierung der Automobilen Wertschöpfungsketten" des Expertenkreises "Transformation der Automobilindustrie" (ETA) Handlungsempfehlungen erarbeitet, die dazu beitragen...

Background: Circular supply chains (CSCs) aim to minimize waste, extend product lifecycles, and optimize resource efficiency, aligning with the growing demand for sustainable practices. Machine learning (ML) can potentially enhance CSCs by improving resource management, optimizing processes, and...

Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) wurden von der Ad-hoc-Arbeitsgruppe (AhG) "Dekarbonisierung der Automobilen Wertschöpfungsketten" des Expertenkreises "Transformation der Automobilindustrie" (ETA) Handlungsempfehlungen erarbeitet, die dazu beitragen...

Purpose: Electronic devices consumption, especially smartphones for communication, have increased significantly, causing the potential for electronic waste to increase too. However, the high potential of this flow has not been matched by good waste management. This study aims to develop a...

Despite abundant research on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in reverse logistics, no comprehensive study with bibliometric and network analysis has been conducted. This study uses bibliometric analysis to derive the prominent research statistics in AI-centric reverse logistics,...

Consumers underestimation of the quality of remanufactured products is a barrier for remanufacturers. Online reviews provide quality signals to consumers unaware of remanufactured products. To explore whether remanufacturers produce higher quality products to improve their review ratings,...

The Circular Economy (CE) relies heavily on Supply Chain Management (SCM) as it involves managing the entire value chain and coordinating flows. Despite significant contributions, research on SCM for CE remains fragmented, which hinders a comprehensive exploration. This study presents a...

Background: The growing concern for environmental and social issues has led to a focus on designing sustainable supply chains and increasing industrial responsibility towards society. In this paper, a multi-objective mixed-integer programming model is presented for designing a sustainable...

Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...

The rapid advancement of technology across multiple sectors including education, the workplace, manufacturing, and household appliances, has resulted in a notable increase in the prevalence of electronic gadgets. Therefore, these devices, also known as e-waste, are discarded once they have...

Background: This literature review delves into the concept of 'Third-party Reverse Logistics selection', focusing on its process and functionality using deterministic and uncertain decision-making models. In an increasingly globalized world, Reverse Logistics (RL) plays a vital role in...

Background: Sustainable closed-loop supply chains have emerged as viable answers to supply chain problems. They can handle environmental damages (e.g., waste) and related social impacts. Closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) are forward and reverse supply chain networks that have gained popularity...

The circular economy is increasingly being considered as a potential model to replace the prevailing end-of-life approach by establishing a closed-loop flow. The importance of different supply chain (SC) actors in this process has been recognized as a critical aspect of the development of...

The article outlines the prerequisites for implementing the principles of the circular economy in the activities of enterprises in the processing industry, and defines the peculiarities of the circular economy functioning. The absolute dynamics of environmental pollution were investigated, the...