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Packaging strategy definition for sales kits within an assembly system

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  • Maurizio Faccio
  • Mauro Gamberi
  • Francesco Pilati
  • Marco Bortolini

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Packaging is typically the last task in a production process, especially in an assembly system. If an assembled product is sold as a single unit, its packaging is normally performed by the last workstation, in order to obtain a ready-for-sale product. Moreover, assembled product often comes with its accessories, packaged all together and supplied to the customer as a single unit: a sales kit. Due to the variety of products and accessories, the variety of kits is continuously increasing, requiring a complex definition of the best packaging strategy to adopt. The present paper aims to analyse the packaging problem in a production system, identifying and comparing the packaging strategies. These strategies provide, through a comparison model of total cost functions, a decision-making procedure for operations managers. Through a simulative study, a set of convenience areas for each analysed packaging strategy is derived. The findings from an industrial case study are also reported to validate the proposed methodology.

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  • Maurizio Faccio & Mauro Gamberi & Francesco Pilati & Marco Bortolini, 2015. "Packaging strategy definition for sales kits within an assembly system," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(11), pages 3288-3305, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:53:y:2015:i:11:p:3288-3305
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.975862
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    1. Jesus Garcia-Arca & Jose A. Comesaña-Benavides & A. Trinidad Gonzalez-Portela Garrido & J. Carlos Prado-Prado, 2021. "Methodology for selecting packaging alternatives: an “action research” application in the industrial sector," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 29(4), pages 1427-1446, December.
    2. Jesús García-Arca & José A. Comesaña-Benavides & A. Trinidad González-Portela Garrido & J. Carlos Prado-Prado, 2020. "Rethinking the Box for Sustainable Logistics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-22, March.

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