This paper develops an inventory control model for a reverse supply chain with separate serviceable and remanufacturable inventory stock points. Return rate is expressed stochastically as a function of product demand. Variation in demand distribution during product life-cycle is modeled using a...

We develop a bi-level model for designing an entrant supply chain (SC) in the presence of a pre-existing competing SC where demand is elastic with respect to price and distance. The model assumes dynamic competition between the new and pre-existing SCs in retailers’ level and probabilistic...