Development of an Electronic Reverse Logistics Network Model: A Literature Review

Abstract

The rapid development of technology and economy makes consumption of electronic products increased, so the potential for electronic waste will also increase. However, the high potential of this flow has not been matched by good waste management, especially in developing countries. One concept that can be applied to manage end-of-use products is reverse logistics (RL). Still, the RL concept, especially for electronic waste has not been practiced optimally. Therefore, it is necessary to have an RL management network on electronic waste to reduce the environmental impact and increase the economic value of waste. This study aims to explore the research progress of RL networks and recommended opportunity areas for further research using bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review (SLR). The output of bibliometric analysis is research trends on the topic of reverse logistics. The search process of bibliometric analysis is still limited to the keywords has not been done in-depth study of the contents of each article, so it needs to be continued with SLR. Articles obtained from bibliometric analysis are reviewed and analyzed using SLR so that the articles will be filtered and the numbers become smaller, so research opportunities in RL for electronics product can be identified.