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Abstract: With the rapid development of China's automobile industry, the yield and the gross reserved number of automobiles rise rapidly and the number of the end-of-life vehicle grows at the same time. A range of issues such as shortage of resources, environmental pollution by garbage left over by waste automobiles will be put on the agenda inevitably. Therefore, the effective end-of-life vehicle recycling and the improvement of their utilization rate become an important issue for sustainable development of automobile industry. This paper discusses the location selection of automobile reverse logistics network within closed-loop supply chains. According to the functions, an implementation scheme of the automobile reverse logistics is put forward, together with a model for design of automobile reverse logistics network. A model for automobile re-manufacturing reverse logistics network is developed. According to the model, the numbers, locations and capacities of various facilities and the allocation of corresponding goods flows in the network are determined. Through the Lingo software, the problem of location selection of automobile reverse logistics network is solved. The effectiveness of the model is verified through a practical example.
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Received: 04 March 2009
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2009, Vol. 27 
