Trade of Return Packaging in the Process of Delivery of Raw Materials on the Example of Kico-Polska Sp. Z O.O.

Abstract

An effective enterprise means correctly implemented processes. Today, logistics plays an important role in the company, and it influences the processes carried out in production companies, ensuring the implementation of its most important function - production. The article analyses the processes of trading in returnable packaging. The optimisation of these activities was carried out on the basis of a program for simulating logistics processes. The main purpose of the article is to identify the impact of the processes of material delivery and packaging turnover on the functioning of a production company. The article is based on a case study of a manufacturing company. In the discussed case, the FlexSim program was used to simulate logistic processes. The situation presented in the article allows to shorten the time and reduce costs that were necessary for the accepted materials to be made available for processing by introducing returnable packaging, adapted to be transferred directly to production. Suppliers providing them with materials will allow you to bypass the unnecessary process. Such activities also result in the circulation of returnable packaging.

A literature review and analytical framework of the sustainability of reusable packaging

“…Beitzen-Heineke et al ( 2017 2021), Capistrano and Buluran (2021), Castillo and Cochran (1996), Chan (2007), Cheng and Yang (2005), Cobb (2016), Cordella et al (2008), Dang and Chu (2016), Dubiel (1996), Duhaime et al (2001), Ech-Charrat and Amechnoue (2016), Ech-Charrat et al (2017), Fan (2019), Giubilato et al (2019), Glock (2017), Goellner and Sparrow (2014), González Boubeta et al (2018), Goudenege et al (2013), Guzman et al (2021), Hekkert et al (2000a), Huang et al (2008), Hurley et al (2017), Ilic et al (2009), Itsuki (2012), Jarupan et al, 2004, Katephap andLimnararat (2015), Katephap and Limnararat (2017), Kelle and Silver (1989), Kim and Glock (2014), Koszorek and Huk (2021), Kroon and Vrijens (1995), Lampe and Strassner (2003), Legiędź and Huk (2021), Levi et al (2011), Mahmoudi and Parviziomran (2020), Maleki and Meiser (2011), Maleki and Reimche (2011), Mannur and Moreau (1992) It is vital that the pre-defined cycle-rate is satisfied to ensure the environmental benefits of adopting reusable packaging is met (Lofthouse and Bhamra, 2006;Kunamaneni et al, 2019)....…”

“…It is widely accepted that closed loop systems are more labour intensive through collection, cleaning and transportation (Castillo and Cochran, 1196). It is also noted that reusable packaging can be large and unwieldy making it difficult to manage at some stages on the supply chain (Legiędź and Huk, 2021). There is a trade-off between increased volume and the increased handling time, however in a study by McGlynn et al (2003a, b) reusable packaging has been shown to hold 4 times more food and increase process time by only 1.4 to 2 times as long.…”

“…Chan (2007) also notes that reusable packaging requires greater cooperation between shareholders. All stakeholders must work together to meet consumer demand (Legiędź and Huk, 2021), where a lack of coordination between actors can produce uncertainties (Dubiel, 1996;Accorsi et al, 2022). Competitive businesses may find it counterintuitive to share information and collaborate for decision making, yet both are required for successful reverse logistics (Grimes-Casey et al, 2007).…”