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International Journal of Production Research Volume 50, 2012 - Issue 5: Sustainable supply chain management and reverse logistics
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Robust optimisation approach to the design of service networks for reverse logistics

Rajesh Piplani Centre for Supply Chain Management, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ashish Saraswat Centre for Supply Chain Management, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pages 1424-1437 | Accepted 01 Feb 2011, Published online: 07 Sep 2011

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