Structuring the Issues of Cooperative Transport in Reverse Logistics for Efficient Material Recycling

垃圾回收过程中的运输成本非常高，成为推动回收利用的严重瓶颈。从垃圾逆向物流运输的特点来看，合作运输有望成为提高运输效率的有效途径。然而，合作运输在实践中很少得到实施。本研究旨在考察逆向物流的实际情况，并基于实际实践的案例分析，提炼出实施协同运输的问题和成功因素。利用问题结构化方法对利益相关者进行分析，发现成功案例的共同外部因素是业务规模大，而参与合作运输的利益相关者数量少。通过对利益相关者利益的分析，揭示了利益相关者合作运输激励内部化的重要性。

The costs required for transportation in the process of waste recycling are very high and become a serious bottleneck for promoting recycling. From the characteristics of reverse logistics for waste transportation, cooperative transport is expected to be an effective way for improving transport efficiency. However, cooperative transport is barely implemented in practices. This research aims to examine the actual situation of reverse logistics, and extracts the issues and successful factors of implementing cooperative transport based on case study of real practices. The stakeholder analysis using problem structuring method finds out that the common external factors of successful cases are large scale of the business while small number of stakeholders involved in cooperative transport. The analysis on the interest of stakeholders indicates the importance of internalizing the incentive of cooperative transport among stakeholders.