Research On The Assessment Of Third Party Reverse Logistics Supplier Based On Remanufacturing

Reverse logistics plays a vital role in the field of circular economy as a form in the logistics supply chain. The demand for reverse logistics services with high added value of customers is becoming urgent increasingly, so the third party reverse logistics company came out at the right moment. The development of logistics industry in China is slow and third party logistics is still in exploring stage, moreover, the level of reverse logistics company is uneven, so how to choose a reverse logistics company for customers deserves to research.In this paper, the choice of the suppliers of the third party reverse logistics is studied. The assessment indicator system of choosing the suppliers of the third party reverse logistics is constructed, the evidential reasoning approach is used to combine the values of indicators, and then the result is obtained. Firstly, the present research on the third party reverse logistics evaluation research is summarized which includes the construction of index system and the choice of evaluation method. The theory of reverse logistics and the strength of third party logistics are also introduced. Secondly, the paper focuses on the influencing factor of choosing the third party logistics for remanufacturing enterprise and the basic principles of establishing indexes, In this paper, the index system is constructed by questionnaire from experts in relative field, and the weight is confirmed by subjective scoring from experts. Finally, the evidential reasoning approach is used for the evaluation of suppliers for remanufacturing enterprises considering the characteristics of reverse logistics.