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Disposition strategies within value-optimizing returns management

  • University of Manchester
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Abstract

This paper evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of selling returned goods to secondary markets or destroying them, focusing on value recovery, financial impact, resource requirements and branding implications. It then compares the solutions highlighting branding differences, degree of product control, financial impact and resource commitment. It concludes by recommending a multi-solution system to maximise value recovery.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 642-647 (6 pages)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 10/2014

Publication status

Published - 10/2014

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland

Publication series

  • Publication series name: Advanced Materials Research
    ISSN (Print): 1022-6680
    ISSN (Electronic): 1662-8985
    Volume: 1039

ISBN (Electronic)

9783038352532, 9783038352532

External Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84921860387

Host publication title

Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

Host publication editors

  • Kesheng Wang
  • Jan Ola Strandhagen
  • Dawei Tu
  • Dawei Tu
  • Kesheng Wang
  • Jan Ola Strandhagen