Study on reverse logistics and its significant importance – review

Reverse logistics (RL) has become increasingly significant in the field of supply chain and operation systems in recent years. One of the key components of operation and supply chain systems for carrying out business activities in a more methodical and effective manner to boost value addition for end users is reverse logistics. Returning final used goods from the customer's end to the manufacturer via a store is known as reverse logistics. The main purpose of reverse logistics is to make the final product flow from customer back to seller or manufacturer in order to reuse the product by recycling this reduces the cost of remanufacturing the product also it adds value to the customers through recycling the product. In this article attempt has been made to conduct extensive survey on logistics and its significant role in supply chain operations. In addition to that literature analysis is done by referring from various top-rated journals around the globe. The survey questions were prepared to collect the inputs from various customers to further reframe the design of Reverse logistics.