Waste reduction of returnable packaging: A case study of reverse logistics in an auto parts company

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study and reduce waste of reverse logistics in an auto parts company. The result of this study shows that the main problem of packaging waste for packing auto parts used to transport among 3 countries is high. The studying start from collecting data that need for waste analyzing such as export costs of auto parts, packaging cost and export statistic of 2014. The new improvement result by change material of packaging from disposable to be returnable and propose new logistics model including Single trip and Round trip shows that the export packaging waste can be reduced by 65%.