Reverse logistics and its importance in the supply chain

The paper deals with a highly topical issue og Logistics which is called Reverse logistics. The flows of products in supply chains don't end in the moment when they reach the customer. Many products lead second, third or even fourth life after accomplishing their original function. It means that products can generate the value in supply chain more than once. To capture this value we must expand the original supply chain to include new processes that we call reverse logistics. The key to maximizing the value is coordinating the successive product uses in supply chain