Title
A grey-DEMATEL approach for analyzing factors critical to the implementation of reverse logistics in the pharmaceutical care process
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-18-2021
DOI
10.1007/s11356-020-11138-8
Abstract
There is an increasing interest in product recovery, closed-loop supply chains, and reverse logistics (RL) for mitigating environmental impairment. Although RL is becoming a mandatory policy in developed countries, it is still in an embryonic stage in some industrial sectors of emerging economies. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) identify the critical factors to the successful implementation of RL in the Brazilian pharmaceutical care process (PCP) and (2) determine the cause-and-effect relationships among them. We use snowball sampling to select the relevant RL studies and deductive reasoning and classification to identify the critical factors and a grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) to evaluate the cause-and-effect relationships among them. The study revealed management, collaboration, information technology, infrastructure, policy, financial and economic, end-of-life management practices, and logistic performance factors as the most relevant factors to the successful implementation of RL in the Brazilian PCP. The end-of-life management practices were identified as the most critical factor, and information technology was identified as the least critical factor. We further determined the end-of-life management practices and policy have the strongest casual relationship. The municipal PCP coordinators can use the findings of this study to formulate mitigating strategies to identify and eliminate barriers to the successful implementation of RL in the Brazilian PCP.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
de Campos, Elaine Aparecida Regiani; Tavana, Madjid; Caten, Carla Schwengber ten; Bouzon, Marina; and de Paula, Istefani Carísio, "A grey-DEMATEL approach for analyzing factors critical to the implementation of reverse logistics in the pharmaceutical care process" (2021). Business Systems and Analytics Faculty Work. 47.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/bsa_faculty/47
Comments
de Campos, E.A.R., Tavana, M., ten Caten, C.S. et al. A grey-DEMATEL approach for analyzing factors critical to the implementation of reverse logistics in the pharmaceutical care process. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 14156–14176 (2021).