Dr.ir. Harold Krikke, Professor of (Reverse) Logistics, Open University

Speaker - Reverse Logistics Association Conference & Expo, Workshops

Harold Krikke is a member of the Department of Organization and Strategy at the Tilburg University since 2004. He first studied Industrial Engineering and Management at Twente University of Technology in Enschede. At the same university he completed his Ph.D. in 1998 in the field of reverse logistics. Since then, he works as an assistant professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam and he is also as a business consultant at Tebodin consultants. As of 2002 he is a project manager of CentER Applied Research and later became Associate Professor at the faculty Economics and B.A. of Tilburg University.

WORKSHOP: Cradle-to-Cradle and Reverse Logistics

So far Economic and Environmental objectives seem to be worlds apart. With ‘cradle-to-cradle’ McDonough and Braungart aim for maximal synergy. Although it may sound too good to be true, there are already a number of successful business cases. This is in sharp contrast with the earlier messages of NGOs, but also top scientists like Dennis Meadows (Limits to growth). So is the world really changing, does technology save us or is it too soon to draw conclusions? Clearly C2C hold a promise but how do we make it work? Does it apply to all businesses?

Certainly, saving energy and materials are becoming an economic and even strategic issue in supply chain management. In this workshop we try to learn from the C2C approach, to assess its impact on reverse logistics and closed loop supply chains, but also to do a reality check. Topics include:

A review of economical and ecological cost of reverse logistics.
C2C: hit or hype? A critical review on what’s new and what is not?
The impact of C2C on reverse logistics and (viable) closed loop supply chain concepts.
Examples of successful business cases.
Propositions and discussion.