Creating loops with value recovery: empirical study of fresh food supply chains
通过三个生鲜食品供应链网络的实证研究，分析了产品残值、可回收数量、回收价值及回收产品市场，发现财务价值是回收盈利的必要条件，但并非循环发生的必要条件；再利用和再制造循环倾向于进入替代市场，而回收循环则回到生鲜供应链。
In an era of increased scarcity of resources and pollution, the concept of the circular economy is re-emerging to steer supply chains towards more sustainable business practices. The potential of value recovery provides opportunities for the creation of circular supply chains. Reverse flows and value recovery processes are scarcely studied in the context of fresh food supply chains. In this paper, we report findings from an empirical study of three fresh food supply chain networks by considering: product residual value, quantities available for recovery, value from recovery and markets for recovered products. We show that (1) financial value from recovery is a necessary condition for profitability of operations of any value recovery process in fresh food supply chains, but not for the occurrence of the corresponding loop itself; (2) reuse and remanufacturing loops likely feed into alternative markets, while recycling loops likely feed back into fresh food supply chains.