Print Email Facebook Twitter Redesign of transport logistic strategie for returnable packaging driven supply chains Title Redesign of transport logistic strategie for returnable packaging driven supply chains: A case study at Heineken Netherlands Supply & Heineken Germany Author Hooft, Maurits (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) Contributor Beelaerts van Blokland, W.W.A. (mentor) Negenborn, R.R. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics Date 2017-12-21 Abstract Currently the performance of a traditional forward supply chain is broadly studied in literature. The less known reverse supply chain is an upcoming research theme, with more companies adapting this concept. In the beverages industry this reverse logistics are common and based on returnable packaging, so called empties. Beer brewers are under a lot of pressure and cost reductions are essential to remain competitive and to survive. This research aims at creating knowledge on redesigning a reverse supply chain driven by returnable packaging from a transport logistic perspective. This research is performed based on a proposed method called DMADE. The research problem is identified as a lack of knowledge on redesigning of a reverse supply chain driven by returnable packaging. Literature is researched and a new process improvement method called VSM-I is introduced. This combines both physical values streams with information flow swimlanes. Performance measures are defined for the reverse flow. A case study is performed and the current state of the supply chain at Heineken is created. By analyzing this current state, waste that obstruct improved performance is identified. 4 New transport logistic strategies are introduced based on the analysis. The current state transport strategy, Strategy 1; the triple trip , Strategy 2; Direct trip from market to sorter and Strategy 3; a direct trip the market with sorted empties to the production warehouse(LCDB). A discrete event simulation model is constructed to evaluate the performance based on an experimental plan. The 4 transport strategies with each 10 input scenarios that capture potential growth, new processing times and other mix of sorted and unsorted empties returned. They are tested based on cycle time, throughput, CO2 emission, inventory utilization, handling cost and storage cost. The transport strategies show that introducing Strategy 3; direct trip from the market to the LCDB is the most beneficial for cycle time reduction and increase in throughput. Depending on the input scenario up to 3.36 weeks €2.359k of cycle time can be reduced and an increase of 4,3% in throughput is realized. Strategy 1; the triple trip reduces 165 tons of CO2 emission per year. Strategy 2; direct trip from the market to Leiter performs the best handling and storage cost reduction with respective €231k & €373k savings. Inventory utilization results show a shift of inventory to other locations in the supply chain since no changes to the initial inventory levels are made when changing transport strategies. A supply chain driven by returnable packaging can be redesigned from a transport logistic perspective with a structured method called DMADE. When combining this method with a new introduced process improvement method called VSM-I a more detailed current state analysis can be performed. By introducing a new transport logistic strategy with more direct returns of RPM to the brewery the performance of the supply chain can be improved drastically. Subject Reverse logisticsReturnable packagingValue stream mappingProcess improvement To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1f299066-10f3-426b-8259-f90d45fd151d Embargo date 2022-12-15 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2017 Maurits Hooft Files PDF MasterThesis_MJCHooft.pdf 18.28 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:1f299066-10f3-426b-8259-f90d45fd151d/datastream/OBJ/view