Packaging Logistics Performance (original) (raw)
Today’s trends are the ever growing competition with increased globalization and sustainability. Together with ongoing technological developments it has made it easier to demand right quality of products and services, this has also resulted in increased demands for legislation and traceability. This A model has been created to increase knowledge of packaging logistics performance, which covers interaction between packaging system with its users. This also model includes the tool. 'Packaging Scorecard' that measures the packaging logistics performance and shows the packagingrelated deficiencies that exist in various levels of the value chain. Furthermore, the tool developed to enable efficient product development. The developed model will provide support for the development of packaging strategies to change the existing systems or develop new systems. The strategies also take into account the agents involved in the supply-demand chain by demonstrating the requirements on the packaging and how small changes in the packaging system contributes to a significant improvement in the value chain. Theoretical tool enables a better integration between in picking up the desired packaging information interacting with the agents and the right knowledge on packaging can be handled more efficiently. New functions and roles for companies operating in the various logistics processes were identified for example the research has identified a new type of service the Network Integrator that manages integrate the supply chain with the demand chain. This function was also identified in the packaging area and this agent named the Packaging Integrator.development has also an impact on packaging and packaging logistics. This dissertation deals with packaging, logistics and performance when packaging interacts with users and take a standpoint by finding answers to the research question: How can a systematic and holistic approach to packaging increase the logistics performance to create efficiency and effectiveness? The purpose of this work is to increase knowledge regarding the packaging and its interacting role with agents in the Supply-Demand Chain in order to improve Packaging Logistics Performance. Further the thesis aims to increase knowledge in the area of Packaging Logistics Performance. Performance in packaging logistics is about doing the right thing and things right as well as position products and services relative to its competitor. To increase understanding of the Supply-Demand Chain the tool CATWOE (Customer, Agents, Transformation processes, World view, Owners and Environment) was applied. This tool futher developed for to adapt with packaging logistics performance and complexity theory. The general methodology was action based research and case studies. The developed model illustrates packaging systems and how they perform in order to create conditions for better and more efficient packaging logistics performance. The thesis explores and presents ways to improve the opportunities that co-operate for better packaging, and integration of value chains. Research in theoretical contribution is to demonstrate knowledge of packaging systems, understanding the interactive roles and existing requirements in the Supply-Demand-Chain. Practical contributions were the valuable empirical knowledge and increased understanding of packaging requirements and its interactions with agent to create conditions for effectiveness, efficiency and differentiation.
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