Design of Management System for Arrayed Returnable Containers

A literature review and analytical framework of the sustainability of reusable packaging

“…Beitzen-Heineke et al ( 2017 2021), Capistrano and Buluran (2021), Castillo and Cochran (1996), Chan (2007), Cheng and Yang (2005), Cobb (2016), Cordella et al (2008), Dang and Chu (2016), Dubiel (1996), Duhaime et al (2001), Ech-Charrat and Amechnoue (2016), Ech-Charrat et al (2017), Fan (2019), Giubilato et al (2019), Glock (2017), Goellner and Sparrow (2014), González Boubeta et al (2018), Goudenege et al (2013), Guzman et al (2021), Hekkert et al (2000a), Huang et al (2008), Hurley et al (2017), Ilic et al (2009), Itsuki (2012), Jarupan et al, 2004, Katephap andLimnararat (2015), Katephap and Limnararat (2017), Kelle and Silver (1989), Kim and Glock (2014), Koszorek and Huk (2021), Kroon and Vrijens (1995), Lampe and Strassner (2003), Legiędź and Huk (2021), Levi et al (2011), Mahmoudi and Parviziomran (2020), Maleki and Meiser (2011), Maleki and Reimche (2011), Mannur and Moreau (1992) It is vital that the pre-defined cycle-rate is satisfied to ensure the environmental benefits of adopting reusable packaging is met (Lofthouse and Bhamra, 2006;Kunamaneni et al, 2019)....…”

“…To minimise investment costs and to integrate reuse within current systems, reusable packaging design should avoid new tooling investments for handling (Chan, 2007). Implementation costs of technology to improve traceability of containers can also be high (Itsuki, 2012).…”