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Title Diffusion of green products in industry 4.0: Reverse logistics issues during design of inventory and production planning system
ID_Doc 33572
Authors Dev, NK; Shankar, R; Swami, S
Title Diffusion of green products in industry 4.0: Reverse logistics issues during design of inventory and production planning system
Year 2020
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107519
Abstract Under the paradigm of Industry 4.0, the present research attempts to model the reverse logistics and examine how product diffusion dynamics in the market affect the economic and environmental performances of an inventory and production planning (I&PP) system. We use the classic Bass (1969) model of diffusion of innovation to capture the returns of a single-generation of a product under the proposed architecture of systematical deployment of information-sharing strategies and I&PP policies under the notions of Industry 4.0 components. The key feature of Industry 4.0 characterized by virtualization of factory operations is captured using the simulation model. For the analysis, using the Taguchi experimental design framework, we present valuable managerial insights. Our findings suggest the relevant adoption patterns based on the combination of information-sharing and I&PP policies for the tradeoff between environmental and economic performance. An extensive sensitivity analysis shows the robustness of the model. Further, the managerial decisions on the environmental and economic performance measures reveal that in spite of the presence of Industry 4.0 technology capabilities, a close attention should be paid to operational parameters and their related costs when socially influenced green product adoption with the parameters such as size of end-user market and collection investment are governing the returns of the product to the reverse logistics system. Accordingly, the model exhibits a real-time decision support tool for the sustainable reverse logistics system in Industry 4.0 environment at large.
Author Keywords Industry 4.0; Bass diffusion model; Information sharing; Reverse logistics; Inventory and production planning
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000582335500009
WoS Category Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing; Operations Research & Management Science
Research Area Engineering; Operations Research & Management Science
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