Considerations regarding the adoption of reverse logistics - An ebusiness approach

E-business can provide absolute earnings both in terms of productivity and efficiency. Therefore, companies tend to incorporate information technologies within their business strategies, and, particularly, within their logistic activities.The purpose of logistics is to create supply chains with lower costs. Reverse logistics involves the layout of a product from the consumption point to another point, in case of irregularity, in order to recover the remaining value or to dispose the product. E-business development involves the transformation of traditional logistics, through a flexible and structural approach, depending on business model, products and customer services.This paper aims to present a description of reverse logistics from an e-business approach and also the advantages and disadvantages of adopting this activity. In order to emphasize the importance of information technologies incorporation within reverse logistics deployment, we present an image of this activity both in e-business context and that of traditional forms.