REINGENEERING OF REVERSE LOGISTICS IN CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PRODUCTION BUSINESSES IN SLOVAKIA

Fast development of technologies does only bring positives, but also negative aspects influencing man and his behaviour towards environment. In companies, there has been a growing interest for company process reengineering in order to assure achieving company objectives. One of these processes is also reverse logistics aiming not only to secure financial prosperity of a company, but also diffusion of business interests with interests of customers and state. Aim of this article is to create ideological model of reverse logistics, based on questionnaire survey performed on a sample of selected businesses of production character in Slovakia, on grounds of suggested solutions and arrangements aimed at optimisation of reverse logistics conditions in context of sustainable development in production businesses in Slovakia. Results of the survey and established recommendations regarding reverse logistics reengineering pointed out an importance of the issue and necessity to deal with this issue in every production business in Slovakia.