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Evaluating Pallet Investment Strategy Using Fuzzy Analytic Network Process: A Case in Chinese Chain Supermarkets

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  • Hung-Lung Lin

    (School of Economics and Management, Sanming University, No. 25, Ching-Tung Rd., Sanming 365004, China)

  • Yu-Yu Ma

    (School of Education Science, Minnan Normal University, No. 36, Shì Qian Zhi St., Zhangzhou 363000, China)

  • Chin-Tsai Lin

    (Department of Business Administration, Ming Chuan University, 250 Zhong Shan North Rd., Section 5, Shilin District, Taipei 111, Taiwan)

Abstract

Presently in Chinese chain supermarkets, many enterprises have built automatic equipment and information facilities in the logistics center of their supply chain systems. Modern logistics technology and equipment largely depend on the resource integration of each role in the chain (such as suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers), especially logistics facilities and equipment resources, to realize the circulation of products. The pallet, which is an indispensable basic tool for a supply chain system in the process of product circulation, is most often used in the handling, stacking, storage, and transportation of products. The process of building automation and informationization in the supply chain system of Chinese supermarket chains requires the solving of the problems of cost and sharing pallets in logistics operations. Large-scale enterprises often spend millions of dollars on investment, the failure of which can cause significant harm to the enterprise. Therefore, the authors of this paper adopted the fuzzy analytic network process (FANP), combining fuzzy and ANP models to evaluate our studied case. We utilized an actual case as the research object to resolve the important decisions regarding pallet resource sharing investment in the supply chain system. Importantly, it is expected that the proposed method can provide an important reference standard or a new idea for decision makers in the chain supermarket industry or related industries.

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  • Hung-Lung Lin & Yu-Yu Ma & Chin-Tsai Lin, 2021. "Evaluating Pallet Investment Strategy Using Fuzzy Analytic Network Process: A Case in Chinese Chain Supermarkets," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(24), pages 1-26, December.
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