Izvorni znanstveni članak
Managing Returnable Containers Logistics - A Case Study Part I - Physical and Information Flow Analysis
Reza A. Maleki
; North Dakota State University, US
Jonathan Reimche
; Deere & Company, John Deere Seeding Group, US
Sažetak
This case study paper is the result of a project
conducted on behalf of a company, hereon referred to as
Midwest Assembly and Manufacturing or MAAN. The
company’s operations include component manufacturing,
painting, and assembling products. The company also
purchases a relatively large percentage of components
and major assemblies that are needed to support final
assembly operations. MAAN uses its own returnable
containers to transport purchased parts from suppliers.
Due to poor tracking of the containers, the company has
been experiencing lost containers and occasional
production disruptions at its facility well as at the
supplier sites. The objective of this project was to develop
a proposal to enable MAAN to more effectively track and
manage its returnable containers. The research activities
in support of this project included the analysis and
documentation of both the physical flow and the
information flow associated with the containers as well as
some of the technologies that can help with automatic
identification and tracking of containers. The focal point
of this paper is on a macro‐level approach for the analysis
of container and information flow within the logistics
chain. A companion paper deals with several of the
automatic identification technologies that have the
potential to improve the management of MAANʹs
returnable containers
Ključne riječi
Returnable containers; information flow; third‐ party logistics provider; legal contracts and liability; automatic identification technologies
Hrčak ID:
71499
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.5.2011.
Posjeta: 3.006 *