Consideration Factors of Reverse Logistics Implementation -A Case Study of Taiwan's Electronics Industry

Abstract This paper focuses on explore the consideration factors of reverse logistics implementation based on survey questionnaires for Taiwan's electronics industry. Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) was used to select important criteria from different companies’ experts of information and electronics firms who are in charge of related environmental management work. The priorities and ranking of each factor was obtained. The results of this research have shown the overall weights and performance ranking of the evaluation criteria with respect to the reverse logistics implementation.

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