Value Recovery from the Reverse Logistics Pipeline

Value recovery, in the form of the return and repair of reparable spare parts, involves large amounts of time as well as inventory investment for the Army. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy a new part rather than repair, but some parts are so expensive that it makes economic sense to repair them and return them to the inventory, typically as spares to replace other broken assemblies. The authors report on metrics developed to evaluate the retrograde process and suggest that it has substantial potential for improvement. The authors propose ways to speed up the movement of parts through the system to minimize the size of the parts inventory.Diener, David is the author of 'Value Recovery from the Reverse Logistics Pipeline', published 2004 under ISBN 9780833036797 and ISBN 0833036793.