An Improved Delivery Cost Model In Recycling Logistics System

By suggesting that recycling process can be put into the delivery cost to offset part of the forward and backward delivery cost, a new way of calculating and saving distributing/reclaim cost is proposed to bring more profit to manufacturers by recycling logistics. The improved model considers distributing cost from three aspects: arrangement of vehicle, restraint of delivery capacity of vehicle, and time restraint. The reclaim cost is proposed on the base of rejecting timely target. Because of reclaim products have certain values, a total optimized cost model is proposed with distributing and reverse process. This model explains how to arrange the route for vehicles and the quantity of the recycling product at each point of customer to make the profit maximum in the journey.