Process Analysis Of Reverse Logistics And Research On Its Information System Planning

Reverse Logistics is a new direction for research in the field of logistics. And as the continuous attachment of importance for the environmental protection and the constant perfection of legislation by governments, the enhancement of awareness for environmental protection from customers, and the needs to develop the enterprise itself, the attention begins to concentrate on reverse logistics. As an "untapped profit source," the effective management of reverse logistics activities becomes an important means for the long-term development and profit growth of enterprises.The first part of this paper analyzes the present research work and practice of reverse logistics, on the basis of the theory and practice for the management of reverse logistics. Undoubtedly, the development of reverse logistics activities has set higher requirements for enterprises, which demands the enterprises to put in a lot of manpower, material resources and financial support. Moreover, the usual shortages of enterprises as for their own capacity, technical resources and the quality of personnel may also make them difficult to meet the requirements. Compared with the enterprises themselves, the third-party reverse logistics enterprises are much more professional. They can implement the reverse logistics business standardization and concentration, reduce the operating risk, and improve the operational efficiency.Thea with the background of e-business environment, we discuss the business process of two types of self-constructed reverse logistics-by retailer and by manufacturer, by setting two models respectively.Third, we make analysis on the three types of typical recovery patterns by mathematical modeling and solving means. After comparing among the three patterns, we deduce the third-party reverse logistics model. Afterward, we summarize the network design model of the reverse logistics, and make out the recovery station location measure of the third-party reverse logistics by means of setting up the recovery station location model.Where after, on the basis of development needs for reverse logistics system, we set the system planning and design for reverse logistics information system, analyze and illustrate the functions and features of information system, and we also give the system architecture, database structure and function module of the information system.Finally, combined with the reverse logistics and its information system's implementation, we work out the security measures from policy, implementation and technique aspects.