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Several factors, such as rapid industrial development, rising population, growing waste disposal, and exponential depletion of natural resources, have become a global challenge and call for a multifaceted approach to environmental protection. Rising consumers' awareness of environmental issues and the evolving ecological legislation puts pressure on businesses to adopt green practices in product design, manufacturing, distribution, and end-of-life disposition. Looking at these challenges, reverse logistics (RL) also known as reverse operations has become the most investigated theme in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Incorporating reverse logistics into the supply chain is not a simple task. Outsourcing reverse operations to the third-party reverse logistics service provider (3PRLSP) is an important strategic decision by many companies. This helps them to achieve a competitive advantage by reducing costs and improving quality processes and services. To this aim, this paper proposes a novel hybrid framework for selecting a 3PRLSP for the electronic industry. The first stage includes the preliminary screening of 3PRLSPs based on the method of effectiveness and compliance (E&C). In the

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Author

Shivani Bali; Angappa Gunasekaran; Sugandha Aggarwal; Balram Tyagi; Vikram Bali

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)