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Optimization of Pallet management for Transportation Efficiently

International Journal of Management Science
Vol.1 , No. 2, Publication Date: Aug. 8, 2014, Page: 43-46

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[1]	Adsavakulchai S., School of Engineering, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 126/1 Vibhavadee Rangsit Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.

Abstract

A pallet is used in transportation and logistics in order to handle the products from the manufactures to the retailers. However, in pallet industry, the pallets may represent a sizable investment by a company in operating assets which have enough real, intrinsic, regulatory or strategic value to warrant tracking. Thus, the paper aims to optimize the pallet loading in pallet production industry for transportation efficiently. Using CAPE PACK program is implemented the pallet loading, the product packaging design evaluating, and the product distribution. The results demonstrated that the new loading pallets design using CAPEPACK can reduce the transportation cost by 21.0% per year. Moreover, to manage the pallet in each track, the program did a track space optimization to contain the pallet with increase load capacity by 26.67%. Backhaul technique is the process of a transportation vehicle returning from the original destination point to the point of origin that increases income 29.8% per year. On-going research, to propose the renewable energy such as natural gas for vehicles (NGV) is one of the methodologies to reduce the transportation cost.

Keywords

Optimization, Pallet Loading, CAPE PACK

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