Reverse logistics: research background and topic trends

Abstract

Actually, reverse logistics has turned into a focal point of interest for the majority research centers focuses, as it offers an answer for accomplishing a harmony among benefit and regard for the environment. Its guideline is the formation of financial value, appeared in the re-utilization of items toward the finish of their useful life, and ecological value, appeared in the minimization of the utilization of non-renewable natural resources as well as decreasing the negative natural effects of production. This economic environmental combination that organizations should accomplish, is forced from competitivity and administrative regulations. The objective of this paper is to make an examination of workmanship to sum up the level at which science has managed reverse logistics. For this, we had gathered 132 papers distributed between 2015 to 2023 that treat profoundly reverse logistics, and that use various devices and new innovations. Our examination separates topics treated in three clusters to review what was dealt with and find the gap of the literature about reverse logistics. The objective of our review is to give a worldwide outline about reverse logistics.