| Author | Rapeepan Pitakaso |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ISE-01-21 |
| Subject(s) | Business logistics
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| Note | A thesis submitted in pa1tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-01-21 |
| Abstract | Used-products (UPs), which are taken back from end-users, are added to a recycle
system integrated into typical supply chain (SC) and then causes the transfmmation to
reversed supply chain (RSC). The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the
practicality of RCS by means of some proper analyses. Firstly, a linear programming (LP)
model is used for the RSC's production planning. The model employs multiple actors and
products in RSC. Also, the quality levels of each compartment of the finished products in a
bill of material (BOM) are conveyed into consideration. Secondly, by comparison between
the cost of SC and that of RSC, it is perceptible that the RSC is more advantageous than the
SC, since production, transportation and disposal cost of all RSC actors have been optimized.
Moreover, the design of experiment is then manipulated to find the main parameter that
affects the change of both RSC's total and unit cost. Recovering cost of a recycler has been
observed as a significant parameter that most affects the advantages of RSC. A residual test
from a regression model is in addition used to find that there is no significant interaction
effect between each parameter. Lastly, two recycle system investment alternatives are
presented and evaluated as the investor guideline. It is shown that the higher investment, the
more sensitive the demand changed in RSC, since the increase of operating fixed cost of the
recycle system is expected. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-01-21 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Anulark Techanitisawad; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Voratas Kachitvichayanukul;Tripathy, Arabinda; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |