Title: A review of sustainable reverse logistics: approaches and applications

Authors: Ilyas Masudin; Faradilla W. Fernanda; Ferry Jie; Dian Palupi Restuputri

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Jln. Raya Tlogomas 246 Malang, Indonesia ' School of Business and Economics, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Jln. Raya Tlogomas 246 Malang, Indonesia ' School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr., Joondalup WA 6027, Australia ' Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Jln Raya Tlogomas 246 Malang, Indonesia

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature relating to the approaches and application of sustainable reverse logistics in various types of business. The paper uses content analysis method for literature review. The review limits the published literature including thesis, proceedings, and literature from search engines e.g., Google Scholar, Science Direct, Emerald Insight, etc. The publications were found in the areas of logistics management, operations management, and business logistics. 93 literatures were used as references and sorted based on the purposes which are related to the sustainable reverse logistics. There are a number of gaps in the reviewed literature. The gaps were in sustainability performance, key factor, roles of other parties, assessment method, complimentary factor, and development. Generally, the gap is related to implementation of global level and performance of three elements in sustainable reverse logistics. This study reviews a sample of recent and previous literatures in this field, which is an extraordinary topic in literature and that would be an exclusive overview. It provides an opportunity for the future research in comparing the study of sustainable reverse logistics.

Keywords: remanufacturing; reverse logistics; sustainable reverse logistics; sustainable supply chain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2021.118738

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2021 Vol.40 No.2, pp.171 - 192

Received: 10 Jun 2019
Accepted: 16 Sep 2019
Published online: 04 Nov 2021 *

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