Maximizing Asset Recovery: Establishing a Disposition Decision Tool

Driven by both internal and external pressures, organizations are becoming skilled in the art of reverse logistics. Some of these have adopted reverse logistics voluntarily while others are participating due to governmental... [ view full abstract ]

Driven by both internal and external pressures, organizations are becoming skilled in the art of reverse logistics. Some of these have adopted reverse logistics voluntarily while others are participating due to governmental pressures and financial risk. This paper contributes to the literature by focusing on the asset disposition decision step in reverse logistics.  Efficient and effective disposition decisions are key both to recovering the maximum economic value from returned assets and insuring social responsibility.  Addressing the need for management tools, this paper proposes asset recovery selection criteria and performance measures that can be used to evaluate and compare disposition options.