Joint Design Model of Multi-period Reverse Logistics Network with the Consideration of Carbon Emissions for E-Commerce Enterprises

Abstract

With the rapid development of E-commerce, the demand for forward and reverse logistics for E-commerce enterprises is becoming increasingly urgent. This paper proposes a joint design model of multi-period reverse logistics network with the consideration of carbon emissions for E-commerce enterprises. And a case study of E-commerce enterprises is used to verify the feasibility of the model. The result indicates that, this joint design model of multi-period reverse logistics network is more accordant with reality, the total operation cost of multi-period model reduces a lot and the carbon emission reduces greatly. Furthermore, this research provides additionally reference for reducing carbon missions as well as the designing of regional reverse logistics network for E-business enterprises, and even for other kinds of enterprises.