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Managing supply chain performance is essential for value generation to stakeholders. Nonetheless, this process has become overly complicated due to environmental concerns that lead to policy changes, customer preferences, and business activities. Reverse logistics is an environmentally friendly practice that can be critical in improving the environmental performance of construction operations. This paper examines the perceived role of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance criteria—for example, cost, quality, time, flexibility, and environment. Semistructured in‐depth interviews were conducted with 15 senior industry experts from South East Queensland, Australia. Interview transcripts were analyzed by coding, categorizing, and identifying the interconnected relationships among concepts. In general, the experts perceive that reverse logistics practices significantly reduce the sourcing cost of materials compared with new materials. When used materials meet industry specifications, they are expected to have a similar performance without affecting the construction time or the overall quality of the project while protecting the environment. Nevertheless, the flexibility is found to be somewhat difficult. It is likely that reverse logistics can be instrumental in construction should the industry uptake be substantial with an emphasis on used material quality and acceptance criteria. Hence, a quantitative analysis is encouraged for future research.
Nnc Pushpamali; Duzgun Agdas; Timothy M. Rose; Tan Yigitcanlar. Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance. Business Strategy and the Environment 2020, 30, 60 -70.
AMA StyleNnc Pushpamali, Duzgun Agdas, Timothy M. Rose, Tan Yigitcanlar. Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2020; 30 (1):60-70.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNnc Pushpamali; Duzgun Agdas; Timothy M. Rose; Tan Yigitcanlar. 2020. "Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance." Business Strategy and the Environment 30, no. 1: 60-70.
Construction industry activities, from material extraction to the end of the structure life, affect the environment negatively. For a sustainable construction process, economically, environmentally, and socially friendly practices are essential, and reverse logistics is one solution that can provide such an approach. In reverse logistics, obsolete products are reused in a new production, while reducing negative effects to the environment. In this study, we assess the current state of research on reverse logistics practices in the construction industry. The study presents a comparative data mining analysis, followed by a content analysis. The results show that the construction industry literature ignores the impact of reverse logistics practices on upstream construction activities. We argue that industry practitioners must take reverse logistics decisions in the early phases of the construction process by considering both upstream and end-of-life construction activities, and we recommend a reverse logistics decision framework for successful reverse logistics implementation. The findings of this research are significant for decision-makers in the industry. We urge that sustainable practices be employed in the industry. Furthermore, a quantitative analysis is suggested to strengthen the arguments made in this article.
Nnc Pushpamali; Duzgun Agdas; Timothy Rose. A Review of Reverse Logistics: An Upstream Construction Supply Chain Perspective. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4143 .
AMA StyleNnc Pushpamali, Duzgun Agdas, Timothy Rose. A Review of Reverse Logistics: An Upstream Construction Supply Chain Perspective. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4143.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNnc Pushpamali; Duzgun Agdas; Timothy Rose. 2019. "A Review of Reverse Logistics: An Upstream Construction Supply Chain Perspective." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4143.