The Study for Refurbishing Process of Packaging Material in E-commerce Logistics

Many companies are focusing on reverse logistics (RL) network currently, especially in the growth of e-commerce markets around the world. Due to the convenience and fast delivery of e-commerce service, consumer behavior changes to online shopping. However, each of delivery packed by packaging material, which cause large scale of the packaging material waste. In this paper, we propose two simulation structures and develop the routing selection strategies of them. One structure simulates the full loaded cars whether decrease the cost of distribution. The other structure simulates that recycling of return of packaging material whether is reusable and redistributable. Our results provide useful framework that can benefit e-commerce practitioners for building their RL network.