Reverse Logistics A Tool for Organizational Excellence; A Pakistani Perspective

Abstract

Due to intense competition and globalization, the challenges associated with providing products and services at the right time and place as well as at the lowest possible costs have increased. The practicing of Supply Chain Management (S CM) has now become an essential requirement for staying competitive in international market. The importance of returns is obvious due to growing environmental concerns, sustainablecompetitiveness and corporate social responsibility. This is only possible with effective management of returns. In this article, the basic emphasis has been made towards the realization for implementation of reverse logistics in manufacturing industries of Pakistan. In this context, the current state of reverse logistics trends is studied in manufacturing industries of Pakistan. Performance index of developed and under developed countries are analyzed and efforts have been made to provide basic guidelines for improving organization performance through improving supply chain index by incorporating reverse logistics as a tool.