Logística Reversa: uma revisão bibliométrica

Abstract

Increased competitiveness, cost reduction requirements, sustainability, reducing environmental impact and creating regulatory instruments have driven companies of all economic sectors to adopt increasingly, the reverse logistics practices. In this context, this article aims to conduct a bibliometric research of reverse logistics constant theme in the annals of the main Congress of Brazil's Production Engineering, the ENEGEP in the last four years. The research not only research the number of articles published about reverse logistics but also verified which of the three areas of the economy (services, industry and agriculture) the theme is being used more and compared with the generation of the PIB of these economic activities. Thus, it was possible to assess whether the main wealth generators in our country and hence waste, are investing part of these resources in order to reduce their environmental footprints and simultaneously promote a sustainable supply chain management. Results showed that economic activities with the highest PIB have a higher number of publications and at the same time was also identified that society yearns for the creation of a more objective rules for each sector of the economy, which would facilitate the understanding and entry of more entrepreneurs in the sustainable supply chains.