TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comprehensive Review of Reverse Logistics in the Automotive Industry
AU - Zhang, Xumei
AU - Yu, Jiaxuan
AU - Yan, Wei
AU - Wang, Yan
AU - Subramanian, Nachiappan
PY - 2023/5/8
Y1 - 2023/5/8
N2 - Reverse logistics of automobiles has received wide attention in recent years with the innovation of resource utilization and the increase of environmental awareness. Many research papers have been published in the RL discipline focusing on the automotive industry. However, no review article is available on product-specific issues. To bridge this gap, 91 papers published in the Web of Science (WOS) database between January 2013 and March 2023 were selected and analyzed using content analysis to classify the articles into survey, evaluation, decision making, framework, modeling and review. The main findings of this paper are as follows: (1) Research on reverse logistics activities has mainly focused on recycling and remanufacturing, and insufficient research has been conducted on activities such as dismantling and waste management. (2) In terms of research objects, ELVs and automotive batteries have received a lot of attention, while less research has been done on automotive tires, engines, waste oil, etc., which need further attention. (3) Integrated economic, environmental and social considerations are research opportunities for future evaluation and decision making. (4) The establishment of multi-objective problems and the innovation of solution methods may be the future research direction. (5) Green and sustainability themes are the main trends in the development of reverse logistics in the automotive industry in the future.
AB - Reverse logistics of automobiles has received wide attention in recent years with the innovation of resource utilization and the increase of environmental awareness. Many research papers have been published in the RL discipline focusing on the automotive industry. However, no review article is available on product-specific issues. To bridge this gap, 91 papers published in the Web of Science (WOS) database between January 2013 and March 2023 were selected and analyzed using content analysis to classify the articles into survey, evaluation, decision making, framework, modeling and review. The main findings of this paper are as follows: (1) Research on reverse logistics activities has mainly focused on recycling and remanufacturing, and insufficient research has been conducted on activities such as dismantling and waste management. (2) In terms of research objects, ELVs and automotive batteries have received a lot of attention, while less research has been done on automotive tires, engines, waste oil, etc., which need further attention. (3) Integrated economic, environmental and social considerations are research opportunities for future evaluation and decision making. (4) The establishment of multi-objective problems and the innovation of solution methods may be the future research direction. (5) Green and sustainability themes are the main trends in the development of reverse logistics in the automotive industry in the future.
KW - General Engineering
KW - General Materials Science
KW - General Computer Science
KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159848392&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/access.2023.3273591
DO - 10.1109/access.2023.3273591
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 47112
EP - 47128
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
SN - 2169-3536
ER -