ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the efficient use of elements in the system by dealing with the concept and process of logistics with a broad perspective. It presents literature on integrated forward-reverse logistics network design. It examines the environment of the case study and numerical results. Copper is used mainly as an electrical conductor in industry. Electrical conductivity, the most distinctive property of copper, is improved to the required level by electrolytic refining. The growing number of customers all around the world is significantly increasing logistics costs as a proportion of total costs for electrolytic wire companies. This change is leading companies with a large customer portfolio to concentrate more on service networks. The chapter considers the implementation of an electrolytic copper reel allocation problem with industry-specific constraints. The common goal is to decide the least costly system without exceeding the demand, warehouse, and plant capacity and to satisfy industry-specific constraints such as temperature and duration.
