Sustainability issues are particularly sensitive to the fashion supply chain, given current fierce competition, intensive resource use, and the exposure of penurious labour conditions in some regions.In this paper we discuss how the sustainability movement is impacting the fashion retail supply chain organization and its performance. We carried out a study with stakeholders of the fashion industry and we report on their views. We elaborate on the challenges and conflicts of the different dimensions of sustainability, and we discuss how to leverage both the internal and external organisations in the European supply chain.

Reverse Logistics has been stretching out worldwide, involving all the layers of supply chains in various industry sectors. While some actors in the chain have been forced to take products back, others have pro-actively done so, attracted by the value in used products One way or the other, Reverse Logistics has become a key competence in modern supply chains. In this paper, we present a content analysis of reverse logistics issues. Rommert DekkerErasmus University Rotterdam debrito@few.eur.nl, dekker@few.eur.nl Version April-2003Abstract Reverse Logistics has been stretching out worldwide, involving all the layers of supply chains in various industry sectors. While some actors in the chain have been forced to take products back, others have pro-actively done so, attracted by the value in used products. One way or the other, Reverse Logistics has become a key competence in modern supply chains. In this paper, we present a content analysis of reverse logistics issues. To do so, we propose a content framework focusing on the following questions with respect to reverse logistics: why? what? how ?; and, who?, i.e. driving forces and return reasons, what type of products are streaming back, how are they being recovered, and who is executing and managing the various operations. These four basic characteristics are interrelated and their combination determines to a large extent the type of issues arising from the resulting reverse logistics system.

Expression of eight transporter genes of Escherichia coli K-12 and its ⌬acrAB mutant prior to and after induction of both strains to tetracycline resistance and after reversal of induced resistance were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR. All transporter genes were overexpressed after induced resistance with acrF being 80-fold more expressed in the ⌬acrAB tetracycline-induced strain.

Abstract. Reverse logistics deals with the processes associated with the flows of products, components and materials from users/owners to re-users. This paper provides a review and content analysis of more than sixty case studies on reverse logistics. The case studies deal with issues such as the structure of the networks, the relationships between the different parties involved on the networks, inventory management, planning and control, and information technology. The analysis concerns the following questions: what is returned, why do these return flows exists, i.e. what are the drivers/reasons for these flows, how are these return flows being recovered, and finally, who is involved? We end with a summary and suggestions for further research.

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