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Abstract
Reverse supply chain is a process dealing with the backward flows of used/damagedproducts or materials.
Reverse supply chain includes activities such as collection, inspection, reprocess, disposal and redistribution. A
well-organized reverse supply chain can provide important advantages such as economic and environmental
ones. In this study, we propose a configuration in which quality assurance is a substantial operation to be fulfilled
in the reverse chain so that to minimize the total costs of the reverse supply chain. A mathematical model is
formulated for product return in reverse supply chainconsidering quality assurance. We consider a multilayer,
multi-product for the model. The main objective of the paper is minimizing the total costs of reverse supply
chain with respect to inspection.
Optimizing a reverse supply chain including quality assurance consideration
