This paper presents a multi-criteria master production scheduling approach as the final assembly of special purpose machines is known to be very cost intensive. These costs are mainly influenced by the master production schedule (MPS). Two major cost drivers arise. First, long assembly...

This paper addresses the design of a paper recycling network including external procurement, in-house recycling of paper, technology selection and selling or disposing of co-products. In contrast to the literature, we consider a combined continuous and discrete facility location problem solved...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a generic forecasting approach for predicting product returns in closed‐loop supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on Bayesian estimation techniques. It permits to forecast product returns on the basis of fewer...