2010
EMSS 2010 Proceeding
A simulation analysis of pallet management scenario based on
Authors: Maria grazia Gnoni, Gianni Lettera, Alessandra Rollo
Abstract
Pallet management usually involves direct and reverse logistic models as it represents a critical activity in supply chain management. Pallets are needed in order to ship products from the producers/distributors to the retailers. The ?EPAL-System? is a cross-sector open pallet exchange pool based on standardized quality- assured EURO pallets. The whole performance of a pallet management system could be improved by an appropriate strategy which aims both to increase pallet availability in the direct logistics and to reduce total cost of the reverse logistics. A simulation model has been applied to compare alternative pallet management scenarios based on EPAL-System aiming to assess more effective policies.
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