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Managing Returnable Containers Logistics – A Case Study

Author(s) -

Reza Maleki,

Gretchen Meiser

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of engineering business management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.352

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1847-9790

DOI - 10.5772/50936

Subject(s) - documentation , identification (biology) , computer science , information flow , business , operations research , process management , operations management , engineering management , database , engineering , programming language , linguistics , philosophy , botany , biology

This case study is the result of a project conducted on behalf of a company that uses its own returnable containers to transport purchased parts from suppliers. The objective of this project was to develop a proposal to enable the company to more effectively track and manage its returnable containers. The research activities in support of this project included (1) the analysis and documentation of the physical flow and the information flow associated with the containers and (2) the investigation of new technologies to improve the automatic identification and tracking of containers. This paper explains the automatic identification technologies and important criteria for selection. A companion paper details the flow of information and containers within the logistics chain, and it identifies areas for improving the management of the containers.

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