This paper is aimed at introducing the concept\nof reverse logistics (RL) and its implications for supply\nchain management (SCM). RL is a research area focused\non the management of the recovery of products once they\nare no longer desired (end-of-use products, EoU) or can\nno longer be used (end-of-life products) by the consumers,\nin order to obtain an economic value from the recovered\nproducts. This way, RL has become a matter of strategic\nimportance, an element that companies are considering in\ntheir decision-making processes related to the design and\ndevelopment of their supply chains. In addition, a\ndescription of the implications of RL for SCM will be\ndiscussed and, finally, an analysis of some of the\nopportunities and challenges that RL implies for SCM\nwill be presented.
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