caa a22 4500 606168702 CHVBK 20210128100708.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0770-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0770-3 Constructing a network model to rank the optimal strategy for implementing the sorting process in reverse logistics: case study of photovoltaic industry [Elektronische Daten] [Jung-Tang Hsueh, Chun-Yueh Lin] This study constructs a network model to rank the alternatives for implementing the sorting process of reverse logistics (RL) in the downstream photovoltaic industry. The RL procedure includes three major stages: (1) collecting, (2) sorting, and (3) reprocessing. The proposed model combines the benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (BOCR) and the network concept to construct a framework for ranking the optimal alternatives for the sorting process. First, the BOCR and the network concept are used to define the relationship with four perspectives on RL. Second, the relative weights of the evaluative criteria are determined by using the Analytic Network Process. Finally, a ranking of the optimal alternative for implementing the sorting process is calculated, which can assist the photovoltaic industry's downstream decision makers in evaluating RL activity. The results show that the most important perspectives concerning RL in sorting process are "Benefits” and "Costs”; the most crucial of the 20 criteria are "Reducing production cost by using recycled materials” and "Labor cost,” and the optimal alternative in implementing the sorting process is "Outsourcing.” Therefore, when a photovoltaic industry downstream company applies this model, the company will find that its optimal alternative for waste disposal is outsourcing treatment at the sorting stage. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Reverse logistics (RL) nationallicence Photovoltaic industry nationallicence Sorting nationallicence Analytic network process (ANP) nationallicence Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) nationallicence BOCR nationallicence Hsueh Jung-Tang Department of Business Management, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No. 116, Heping 1st Rd., Lingya District, 80201, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC aut Lin Chun-Yueh Department of Banking and Finance, Chinese Culture University, 55, Hwa-Kang Road, Yang-Ming-Shan, 111, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/1(2015-01-01), 155-174 1618-954X 17:1<155 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0770-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0770-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsueh Jung-Tang Department of Business Management, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No. 116, Heping 1st Rd., Lingya District, 80201, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Chun-Yueh Department of Banking and Finance, Chinese Culture University, 55, Hwa-Kang Road, Yang-Ming-Shan, 111, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/1(2015-01-01), 155-174 1618-954X 17:1<155 2015 17 10098