Inventory sharing strategy and optimization for reusable transport items

Liu, Guoquan; Li, Lei; Chen, Jianghang; Ma, Fei

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107742

Cited by 22 publications

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“…In short, optimization is the process of selecting the activities which are the best result (Liu, Li, Chen & Ma, 2020). It is clear from this description that every livelihood and every company ensures optimization in one way or another.…”

Section: Optimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transport optimization practices in the supply chain of Agro-firm companies: Evidence in Ghana

Nangpiire,

Salifu,

Beduwa

2025

10.5267/j.jfs

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Transportation is one of the most important functions of logistics management because of its impact on both the level of customer service provision and the organization’s cost structure. The study explores the transportation cost optimization strategies and how they affect the supply chain performance of Shea nuts in the Agro-processing industries in Ghana. The quantitative study design was adopted and utilized to solicit data. With a sample size of 204 respondents. Data was analyzed using multiple linear regression in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS v20). The results revealed interesting findings in the supply chain within the institution as it seeks to assert that transportation is seen to be effective and contribute highly to firms output when Agro companies use outsourcing and pooling as means of transport. From the results, the supply chain correlated positively and significantly with outsourcing and pooling as transport optimization practices in Agro firms supply chain. This paper adds to the existing literature on the supply chain systems of Agro processing firms but departs from previous studies which seek to concentrate not on the transport optimization of the Agro processing firms but rather on the challenges, production, and profit maximization of these firms. Our study is unique unlike any other research previously authored as it seeks to reveal the option of transport optimization that is cost effective and efficiently productive for Agro processing firms to adopt.

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Section: Optimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transport optimization practices in the supply chain of Agro-firm companies: Evidence in Ghana

Nangpiire,

Salifu,

Beduwa

2025

10.5267/j.jfs

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“…Logistics [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Consumer acceptance [18 -22] Description of existing B2C reuse systems [23,24] [ 25 -32] Estimation of potential reductions in environmental impacts [33 -46] Design for reuse [47,48] Food safety [49 -54] Miscellaneous [55, 56] [5,57,58] The difference between the category "description of existing B2C reuse systems" and "estimation of potential reductions in environmental impacts" can be complex, since there are studies that combine elements of both.…”

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Reusable packaging in Europe : Between facts and fiction – an informed opinion for Metal Packaging Europe

Velzen¹,

Brouwer²

2022

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“…First, the circulation system of RPCs is widely studied in previous research, the majority of which focuses on the inventory control problem, such as Soysal (2016) and Liu et al. (2020). Second, a series of research has been conducted in terms of the associated costs of RPCs.…”

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Disposable or reusable? Packaging strategy and pricing decision for fresh food considering environmental policies

Wang

Zhao

2022

Int Trans Operational Res

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Packaging has become an important concern of fresh food supply chains and will exert a growing influence under environmental policies. In this paper, we have discussed three specific issues to investigate fresh food supply chains’ packaging strategy, that is, whether to use disposable packaging containers (DPCs) or reusable packaging containers (RPCs), whether to purchase or rent RPCs, and the influences of environmental policies. Our research has generated some key findings. First, we find that penalty (such as taxes) and reward (such as subsidies) are simultaneously needed to motivate supply chains to choose RPCs. In terms of the “purchasing or renting” choice, it highly depends on the relative magnitude of the purchase and rental subsidies, along with the number of uses of RPCs and the perishability of fresh food. We also conclude that reusing RPCs for more times has two‐sided effects, that is, the effect of cost saving and the effect of accelerated deterioration. Thus, it is not recommended to excessively reuse RPCs. In addition, we make two extensions. First, we consider endogenous tax rate and subsidy rates and discuss from the perspective of social welfare. Second, we consider endogenous sales price and rental price of RPCs and study the optimal decisions of the RPC operator. Results show that the government should establish a classified tax and subsidy system for packaging containers, and meanwhile benchmarking prices for RPC services should be set to curb the RPC operator's free‐riding behavior.

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Inventory sharing strategy and optimization for reusable transport items

Cited by 22 publications

References 42 publications

Transport optimization practices in the supply chain of Agro-firm companies: Evidence in Ghana

Transport optimization practices in the supply chain of Agro-firm companies: Evidence in Ghana

Reusable packaging in Europe : Between facts and fiction – an informed opinion for Metal Packaging Europe

Disposable or reusable? Packaging strategy and pricing decision for fresh food considering environmental policies

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