Barriers to reverse logistics implementation in enterprises

Marta Starostka-Patyk (1) , Marcin Zawada (1) , Aleksander Pabian (1) , Mourad Abed (2)

1 Czestochowa University of Technology
2 LAMIH - Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201

Reverse logistics concept in the global scale has been already existing for about two decades. However, in Poland it is quite new one, not very popular and widespread. During the constant economy development and increasing market competition Polish enterprises are forced to seek for some modern solutions to improve their business activity and reverse logistics might be the answer for these aspirations for better performance. But the decision about reverse logistics processes implementation into practice of the company is not the easy one. During this kind of investment and after it, while maintenance, there might occur many barriers and obstacles hard to force and effective in preventing the good reverse logistics.

Mots clés: "barriers"; "implementation"; "polish enterprises"; "reverse logistics"

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Marta Starostka-Patyk, Marcin Zawada, Aleksander Pabian, Mourad Abed. Barriers to reverse logistics implementation in enterprises. ICALT, International Conference on Advanced Logistics and Transport, May 2013, Sousse, Tunisia. pp.506-511, ⟨10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568510⟩. ⟨hal-03576652⟩