The reuse of products and materials is not a new phenomenon, waste paper recycling, deposit systems for soft drink bottles, and even the scrap collectors that roamed our neighborhood during our childhood years are long-standing examples.
Reverse logistics; It can be thought of as the effective and cost-effective planning, implementation and control of the flow of raw materials, in-process stocks, end products and related information from the point of consumption to the point of manufacture to ensure product value is preserved or properly destroyed.
A product subject to reverse logistics may enter this reverse shipping/reverse distribution network for many different reasons.
In these turns:
Potential causes of product return include raw material or excess production of the product
Failure in quality control
Incorrect or damaged delivery
Product expiration date
stock adjustment
Returns under warranty
Returns for repair
Returns for product re-evaluation
Returns subject to legal regulations on harmful substances
Packaging, container, pallet etc. returns
Recall of the product due to fault or health reasons.
It is also possible to group these reasons as to where and at what stage the product return takes place in the supply chain. Returns that occur at any stage of production can be called "production returns", returns that occur at the stage of the final product reaching the end user, "distributor returns", and returns from consumers using the final product can be called "customer returns".
The main benefits of reverse logistics are economic, ecological and legal benefits. Laws may require product recall and reuse or proper disposal. Reverse logistics may be applied due to environmentally friendly production and consumption. Reverse logistics can be applied because the re-evaluation of the product will provide economic benefits in terms of resource and material use.