The tendencies of reverse logistics in Czech companies: an empirical survey

ŠKAPA, Radoslav and Alena KLAPALOVÁ. The tendencies of reverse logistics in Czech companies: an empirical survey. In An Enterprise Odyssey: From Crisis to Prosperity – Challenges for Government and Business. 1st ed. Opatija: University of Zagreb, 2010, p. 1382-1394. ISBN 953-6025-33-7.

Basic information

• Original name: The tendencies of reverse logistics in Czech companies: an empirical survey
• Name in Czech: Tendence zpětné logistiky v českých podnicích: empirický výzkum
• Authors: ŠKAPA, Radoslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Alena KLAPALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 1. vyd. Opatija, An Enterprise Odyssey: From Crisis to Prosperity – Challenges for Government and Business, p. 1382-1394, 13 pp. 2010.
• Publisher: University of Zagreb

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 50600 5.6 Political science
• Country of publisher: Croatia
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: storage medium (CD, DVD, flash disk)
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/10:00044045
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• ISBN: 953-6025-33-7
• Keywords (in Czech): Zpětná logistika
• Keywords in English: Reverse logistics
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Reverse flows are a natural part of trade and it is impossible to avoid them completely. To the contrary, we can observe several reasons fostering the impact of reverse logistics on business environment at the moment. When we surveyed the Czech companies in the year 2004, the results showed a very limited interest in reverse logistics. In majority of companies the reverse flows stood for supplementary cost and therefore the common goal was to minimize the reverse flows. Companies didnot see value, which could be retrieved to improve corporate productivity and effectiveness. Five years later, we repeated the survey in an extended way. The research conducted in 2009 elaborates on various aspects of value creation management in reverse logistics; more specifically (1) it sheds light on management perception of reverse logistics and companies activities in the field of reverse logistics and (2) provides comparison of current situation with the year 2004 to describe the past development.

Links

• MUNI/A/0905/2009, interní kód MU: Name: Ekonomika a management podniku v globalizovaném prostředí (Acronym: EMP)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A