Received: FebruAccepted: Published: June 6, 2019Ĭopyright: © 2019 Ren et al. PLoS ONE 14(6):Įditor: Baogui Xin, Shandong University of Science and Technology, CHINA The selection strategies of PMS are proposed based on the results.Ĭitation: Ren J, Zhao Q, Liu B, Chen C (2019) Selection of pallet management strategies from the perspective of supply chain cost with Anylogic software. Finally, the effect of several important parameters on the cost is studied by sensitivity analysis. The results show that the cost of PR is constantly lower than EMP, and also lower than TPO when the operation period is no more than 37 months. Secondly, all parameters involved in the models are valued based on data that is collected from industry survey. Firstly, cost models of three kinds of PMS are presented. This paper addresses mainly on how to help pallet managers choose a certain kind of PMS from the perspective of supply chain cost. The most common and widely accepted PMS includes extensive management of pallets (EMP), transfer of pallet’s ownership (TPO), and pallet rent (PR). In order to manage pallets efficiently, researchers have developed several pallet management strategies (PMS). Pallets are so widely used that we can find them in nearly every logistical operation scenario. Pallet is a very important innovation in logistics industry.

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