Research on the inventory control of the remanufacturing reverse logistics based on the quantitative examination

Abstract

Based on the remanufacturing reverse logistics system, this paper studies the inventory control problem of the entire supply chain. Considering a variety of products and raw materials, we established amulti-product multi-echeloninventory control model of the remanufacturing reverse logisticsbased on the quantitative examination. And a numerical simulation is performed, which can prove that the model can reduce the inventory cost of remanufacturing reverse logistics, and can provide theoretical basis for determining the production batch and the processing batch for manufacturer and the recycling center. Then, using sensitivity analysis, it proves that the recovery rate and the remanufacturingrate of the recycled products have a great influence on the inventory cost of the reverse logistics, production and inventoryof the manufacturer and the recycling center.