Research Article

Optimal Strategies for CLSC considering Supply Disruption and Carbon Tax

Table 2

Parameter definition.

SymbolMeaning

a, θParameters of the buyback cost function
b, ψParameters of the recycling rate function
c, δParameters of the remanufacturing cost function
DDemand rate
(1 − β) DManufacturing rate
(1 − γ) DRemanufacturing rate
d1 (d2)Purchasing cost per unit of raw materials charged by major (secondary) suppliers
CrawPurchasing cost for raw material per unit of one manufactured product
hs (hr, hraw)Holding cost of serviceable (returned, raw materials) stock
CnManufacturing cost
PBuyback cost ratio
DReturn rate
ΩProbability of supply disruption of major raw material suppliers
ΑMarginal recycling rate
Sm (Sn)Installation cost for remanufacturing (manufacturing)
em ( en)The amount of carbon emissions from unit remanufactured (manufactured) goods
C1Cost of carbon tax per unit emission
Tm (Tn)Time required to produce remanufactured (manufactured) products
C0Ordering cost

T, m, n, and q are decision variables in this paper, where T means one cycle time of manufacturing and remanufacturing system; m presents number of remanufactures in a cycle, while n is number of manufactures, and q is the required minimum quality level of returned products.