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International Journal of Production Research
Vol. 48, No. 21, 1 November 2010, 6293–6313

Implementing just-in-time philosophy to reverse logistics systems: a review
Hing Kai Chana*, Shizhao Yina and Felix T.S. Chanb b a
Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK;
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Hong Kong

(Received 27 April 2009; final version received 30 July 2009)
Just-in-time (JIT) and reverse logistics are two important philosophies.
Coincidentally, both are related to reducing the impact on the environment.
However, they are sometimes in conflict with each other. The former focuses on moving the materials smoothly which require a stable demand and supply, but the latter is weak in terms of predicting how many returned products will be processed. Therefore, there is a need to investigate the impact of JIT to reverse logistics systems. After an extensive literature review based on a model developed for this purpose, different functions, namely reverse logistics structure, process model, product life cycle, information system model, and JIT performance, have been identified that have great impact on integrating JIT with reverse logistics.
In short, a process model with JIT can have a better control on cost and efficiency of reverse logistics activities, and product life cycle management with JIT helps to design the product that consider the reverse activities in various process models.
An information system can support both process model and product life cycle management for JIT reverse logistics. Details are presented in this paper.
Keywords: just-in-time; reverse logistics; supply chain management; environment

1. Introduction
Reverse logistics is a popular research topic in the last decade, although it has been studied for many years. Compared with its counterpart, forward logistics, research in reverse logistics is still in its

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