Simulation of Design and Analysis of a Container Reverse-Logistics System

以模擬方法進行包裝容器之逆向物流系統設計與分析

鄭元婷(Yuan-Ting Cheng) ； 楊大和(Ta-Ho Yang)

《工業工程學刊》 22卷3期 (2005/05) Pp. 189-198

https://doi.org/10.29977/JCIIE.200505.0001

摘要

近年來許多國家有鑑於企業利益及環保間取捨的相關議題，紛紛提倡綠色製造、永續經營的概念。包括德國、荷蘭、日本、歐盟及台灣等國家，都積極的提倡綠色製造、回收再利用之相關計畫，藉此善用各項資源，以減少企業所產生的廢棄物對於環境的衝擊。大多數文獻在探討此類問題時，皆著重於產品回收再利用等議題，極少談及有關包裝容器之回收再利用等相關問題。有鑑於善用包裝容器為環境及企業所帶來的利益。因此本研究利用系統模擬方法結合逆向物流之概念，針對一Toyota汽車公司對於其運輸包裝容器的選用及物流成本分析案例建構其模擬模式，並在該模式中以系統之最小成本為目標，藉由案例本身的三個方案比較，探討不同方案中所選用的不同運輸包裝容器對於系統最小成本所造成的變化及其所產生的效益，實驗中發現以長期觀點來看使用可再用包裝容器可獲得較大的效益。此外本研究亦在案例中針對可再用包裝容器導入容器共用的議題形成一新的方案做進一步的探討，並利用二分法結合智慧搜尋法，尋求系統所需之最經濟包裝容器數量。

關鍵字

逆向物流 ； 包裝容器 ； 系統模擬 ； 二分法 ； 智慧搜尋法

並列摘要

The contemporary relevance of environmental protection has gained greater importance around the world, to the point where many countries, such as Germany, Holland, Japan, European Union, and Taiwan, have taken heed and initiated a range of policies. Concepts such as green manufacturing and sustainable management are used to describe interventions that utilize appropriately natural resources in an endeavor to decrease any harm that may result when enterprises handle the wastes they produce. The literature emphasizes the issues relating to recycling products rather than recycling containers; that in-turn could attract considerable cost-benefits.
This paper discusses the development of a simulation model that incorporates reverse logistics. Application and testing of the model is facilitated using the case of transportation containers used by Toyota automobile company. Empirical findings indicate that the operational cost-benefits using reusable containers are better than the expendable containers. The concept of reusable containers as depicted in the model is further explored to identify the optimum economic quantities. Model architecture used a method of integrated bisection algorithm and an artificial intelligence search algorithm.

並列關鍵字

Reverse Logistics ； Container ； Simulation ； Bisection Algorithm ； Artificial Intelligence Search Algorithm

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