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APPLICATION OF GPS
IN
REVERSE LOGISTICS

Abhijeet S.Ghadge.
07IM6001

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OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
• Definition-Reverse Logistics (RL)
• Flow of goods
• Brief understanding of RL
• Why GPS?
• Types of tracking
• Applications of GPS
• Benefits of GPS in RL
• References.

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Definition
• Reverse Logistics comprises of all activities
involved in managing, processing, reducing
and disposing of hazardous or non-
hazardous waste from production, packaging
including the processes of reverse
distribution.

“….the movement of goods from consumer

towards a producer in a channel of
distribution.”
-Pohlen and Farris(1992)

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Flow of Goods
Forward Logistics
Manufa-
Supplier Retailer Customer
cturer

DISRIBUTION CHANNEL

Landfill Waste
Collector
Processor
Reverse Logistics
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Reverse logistics

Reusing the Product

Remanufacturing the product
Recycling the Product
Disposing off properly

NEED OF EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

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How does GPS works?
locatio speed
n
direction
time

Courtesy:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
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GPS
GPS tracking unit
Device used to determine the precise
location of a vehicle, person, or other asset
to which it is attached.
Record the position of the asset at regular
intervals using ‘principle of Trilateration’

Courtesy:- www.tdc.co.uk

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TYPES OF TRACKING

• PASSIVE TRACKING
• Passive devices store GPS location, speed,
heading and sometimes a triggering event.
• The device is removed and the data
downloaded to a computer for evaluation.

• ACTIVE TRACKING
• Active devices also collect the same information.

•Transmit the data in real-time via cellular or satellite

networks to a computer or data center for evaluation

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APPLICATIONS OF GPS

Fleet Management

Asset tracking

Stolen Vehicle
Recovery

• Trailer Tracking

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Fleet Management
Managing multi-vehicle enterprises

Routing, dispatch, on-board information

monitoring driver behavior

better delivery & customer satisfaction

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Asset Tracking
Asset tracking allows companies to
track:-
what assets it owns
where each is located
who has it
when it was checked out
when it is due for return
when it is scheduled for maintenance
and the cost and depreciation of each
asset.
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Stolen Vehicle Recovery

• Both consumer and commercial vehicles can

be outfitted with RF or GPS units to allow
police to do tracking and recovery.

• The LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System

is a silent tracking device hidden in a vehicle
that is automatically activated by the police
when the owner reports their vehicle stolen.

• LoJack Early Warning

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Trailer Tracking

• Trailer tracking is used to increase productivity

by optimizing the use of trailer fleets.
• There are different types of trailer used for
different applications, e.g., flat bed container,
refrigerated container, box container.

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BENEFITS OF GPS

• Reduction in customer enquiries

• Internal cost savings

• Accurate information for end users.

• Reduction in Insurance cost

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REFERENCES
• Supply Chain Management and Reverse Logistics by Harald
Dyckhoff and Richard Lackes, Springer International Production.

• Brito Marisa, Reverse Logistics: A review of case studies, May

2002, Econometric Institute Report EI 2002-21: 1-32

• Getting to grips with GPS. by Peter judd and Simon brown.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_logistics
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
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THANK YOU…

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