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The Impact of Control Strategies on the Management of Returnable Transport Items

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Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

1128-1139

Publication/Series

Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volume

46

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Other Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • returnable
  • tracking
  • reverse logistics
  • Closed-loop supply chain
  • materials management
  • packaging
  • packaging logistics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1366-5545