Circular Supply Chain Network Design for E-commerce

Batuhan Kocaoğlu; Meliha Bulut

Article Details

Circular Supply Chain Network Design for E-commerce

Authors:

Batuhan Kocaoğlu | Meliha Bulut

Publisher:

Gazi University

Main Topics:

Engineering

Journal:

Gazi University Journal of Science Vol.37 Issue 2, pp.840-852

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311645

pISSN:

2147-1762

Keywords:

Abstract:

 There is a growing attention to circular economy through researchers, enterprises and governments. The idea of circular economy is to give no harm to environment while using material till the end of its life and keeping it as much as possible in the cycle. From this point of view, to keep the material in cycle might be possible with a well-designed logistics infrastructure. In this study, the small and medium size enterprises SMEs that make sales through e-commerce and the way of handling returns are brought forward. A case study is created for footware industry in Istanbul and a circular supply chain network design is proposed. Afterwards, a linear programming is applied to minimize cost. This study gives a clear and simple solution for SMEs to minimize the cost for handling returns while keeping them in the cycle.

 There is a growing attention to circular economy through researchers, enterprises and governments. The idea of circular economy is to give no harm to environment while using material till the end of its life and keeping it as much as possible in the cycle. From this point of view, to keep the material in cycle might be possible with a well-designed logistics infrastructure. In this study, the small and medium size enterprises SMEs that make sales through e-commerce and the way of handling returns are brought forward. A case study is created for footware industry in Istanbul and a circular supply chain network design is proposed. Afterwards, a linear programming is applied to minimize cost. This study gives a clear and simple solution for SMEs to minimize the cost for handling returns while keeping them in the cycle.

 There is a growing attention to circular economy through researchers, enterprises and governments. The idea of circular economy is to give no harm to environment while using material till the end of its life and keeping it as much as possible in the cycle. From this point of view, to keep the material in cycle might be possible with a well-designed logistics infrastructure. In this study, the small and medium size enterprises SMEs that make sales through e-commerce and the way of handling returns are brought forward. A case study is created for footware industry in Istanbul and a circular supply chain network design is proposed. Afterwards, a linear programming is applied to minimize cost. This study gives a clear and simple solution for SMEs to minimize the cost for handling returns while keeping them in the cycle.

 There is a growing attention to circular economy through researchers, enterprises and governments. The idea of circular economy is to give no harm to environment while using material till the end of its life and keeping it as much as possible in the cycle. From this point of view, to keep the material in cycle might be possible with a well-designed logistics infrastructure. In this study, the small and medium size enterprises SMEs that make sales through e-commerce and the way of handling returns are brought forward. A case study is created for footware industry in Istanbul and a circular supply chain network design is proposed. Afterwards, a linear programming is applied to minimize cost. This study gives a clear and simple solution for SMEs to minimize the cost for handling returns while keeping them in the cycle.

Article Details

Circular Supply Chain Network Design for E-commerce

Authors:

Batuhan Kocaoğlu | Meliha Bulut

Publisher:

Gazi University

Main Topics:

Engineering

Journal:

Gazi University Journal of Science Vol.37 Issue 2, pp.840-852

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311645

pISSN:

2147-1762

Circular economy

Network design

E-commerce

Linear programming

Issues

Article Details

Circular Supply Chain Network Design for E-commerce

Authors: Batuhan Kocaoğlu | Meliha Bulut

Publisher: Gazi University

Main Topics: Engineering

Journal: Gazi University Journal of Science Vol.37 Issue 2, pp.840-852

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2024

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001311645

pISSN: 2147-1762

Circular economy

Network design

E-commerce

Linear programming

Issues

Authors:

Batuhan Kocaoğlu | Meliha Bulut

Publisher:

Gazi University

Main Topics:

Engineering

Journal:

Gazi University Journal of Science Vol.37 Issue 2, pp.840-852

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001311645

pISSN:

2147-1762