Centralization and advance quality information in remanufacturing

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2009

Öğrenci: MÜRÜVVET ÜNAL

Eş Danışman: ZEYNEP PELİN BAYINDIR, İSMAİL SERDAR BAKAL

Özet:

In this study, value of quality information and the e ects of centralization are investigated for a reverse supply chain consisting of a remanufacturer and a collector. Used products are collected and inspected to classify them into quality groups, then they are remanufactured to meet the demand of remanufactured products. The supply of collected products and demand of remanufactured products are both price-sensitive. The uncertain quality of the collected products is revealed by an inspection process. Two quality classes are considered, and the cost of remanufacturing depends on the quality class. The main decisions are on acquisition fee for the returns, the selling price for remanufactured products, and the transfer prices of inspected products between the collector and the remanufacturer. For this environment, centralized and decentralized settings are considered and di erent models that di er in availability of quality information when the pricing decisions are made are built. We explore the value of advance quality information and e ects of centralization on the optimal prices and profits via a computational study.