The Impact of Control Strategies on the Management of Returnable Transport Items
(2010) In Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 46(6). p.1128-1139- Abstract
- This research examines the impact of different control strategies on the management of returnable transport items (RTIs) in closed-loop supply chains. A simulation model is developed based on an empirical case and is used to explore different scenarios. The results suggest that the choice of control strategy has a significant impact on investments and operating costs, and that RTI shrinkage can be controlled either through the use of tracking systems, or choice of control strategy. Moreover, a simulation-based method for estimating the fleet size required to operate the system for the different strategies is presented.
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- author
- Hellström, Daniel LU and Johansson, Ola LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- returnable, tracking, reverse logistics, Closed-loop supply chain, materials management, packaging, packaging logistics
- in
- Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
- volume
- 46
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 1128 - 1139
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000280344400023
- scopus:77954309475
- ISSN
- 1366-5545
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tre.2010.05.006
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- e9d828d1-c569-4343-a8a8-cc16f1ad0993 (old id 168526)
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- 2016-04-04 11:49:02
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