Optimizing a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Electronic Waste under Risk and Uncertain Factors
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UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, 101 Currie St, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Department of Industrial Management, Can Tho University, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
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Department of Industrial System Engineering, Ho Chi Minh International University, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam
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Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1946; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041946
Received: 28 January 2021 / Revised: 16 February 2021 / Accepted: 18 February 2021 / Published: 23 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electronic Waste: Management and Recovery Technologies)
Minimizing the impact of electronic waste (e-waste) on the environment through designing an effective reverse supply chain (RSC) is attracting the attention of both industry and academia. To obtain this goal, this study strives to develop an e-waste RSC model where the input parameters are fuzzy and risk factors are considered. The problem is then solved through crisp transformation and decision-makers are given the right to choose solutions based on their satisfaction. The result shows that the proposed model provides a practical and satisfactory solution to compromise between the level of satisfaction of constraints and the objective value. This solution includes strategic and operational decisions such as the optimal locations of facilities (i.e., disassembly, repairing, recycling facilities) and the flow quantities in the RSC.
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Keywords:
electronic waste; fuzzy mixed integer linear programming; e-waste reverse supply chain; risk and uncertainty
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Doan, L.T.T.; Amer, Y.; Lee, S.-H.; Phuc, P.N.K.; Tran, T.T. Optimizing a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Electronic Waste under Risk and Uncertain Factors. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 1946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041946
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Doan LTT, Amer Y, Lee S-H, Phuc PNK, Tran TT. Optimizing a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Electronic Waste under Risk and Uncertain Factors. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(4):1946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041946
Chicago/Turabian StyleDoan, Linh T.T.; Amer, Yousef; Lee, Sang-Heon; Phuc, Phan N.K.; Tran, Tham T. 2021. "Optimizing a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Electronic Waste under Risk and Uncertain Factors" Appl. Sci. 11, no. 4: 1946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041946
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