Information Technology and Management

, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp 217–232 | Cite as

Information flow in reverse logistics: an industrial information integration study

  • Xianliang Shi
  • Ling Xia Li
  • Lili Yang
  • Zhihua Li
  • Jung Y. Choi
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Abstract

With the coming of low-carbon society, the reverse logistics of used batteries for lowering the carbon emission becomes an important research topic; in which, information integration of reverse logistics is the key for implementing reverse logistics systems. Currently there are not many enterprises that are capable of using enterprise systems or e-business systems to manage reverse logistics. In the framework of industrial information integration engineering, this research investigates the process of reverse logistics of used batteries, with an emphasis on the information integration of reverse logistics of used batteries.

Keywords

Reverse logistics Industrial information integration engineering (IIIE) Information integration Logistics Energy Environmental protection Information technology management 
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Acknowledgments

This project was partially supported by the NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) Grant 71132008, Changjiang Scholar Program of the Ministry of Education of China, and the US National Science Foundation Grant 1044845.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Xianliang Shi
    • 1
  • Ling Xia Li
    • 2
    • 3
  • Lili Yang
    • 1
  • Zhihua Li
    • 1
  • Jung Y. Choi
    • 4
  1. 1.School of Economics and ManagementBeijing Jiaotong UniversityBeijingChina
  2. 2.China-Austria Center for Research and Innovation in Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Material FlowBeijingChina
  3. 3.Old Dominion UniversityNorfolkUSA
  4. 4.College of BusinessFerris State UniversityBig RapidsUSA

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