THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LOGISTICS COST IN SUPPLY CHAIN OF BOTTLED WATER FACTORY AND BOTTLED MINERAL WATER FACTORY

Abstract

This study is for studying the supply chain of bottled water factory and bottled mineral water factory comparative study of logistics cost in supply chain of bottled water factory and bottled mineral water factory in Chiang Rai province. This study began with making the observation in every processes in the workplace and have an in-depth interview with expert CEO and officers. The result can be summarized that the bottled water factory manufactures 93,600 bottles per month. The total cost is 280,706 Baht per month. The average cost is 2.99 Baht per bottle, and logistics cost is 88,508.28 Bath per month. Meanwhile, this logistics cost ratio per total cost is 31.53 % of the total costs. Nevertheless, the highest cost in bottle manufacturing is packaging that requires 0.54 Baht per bottle. The transportation cost is the secondary highest cost in bottle manufacturing that requires 0.25 Baht per bottle. In bottled mineral water factory, 144,000 bottles are manufactured per month. The total cost is 462,720 Baht per month. The average cost is 3.21 Baht per bottle. The logistics cost is 69,572.27 Baht per month. Meanwhile, this logistics cost ratio per total cost is 15.04 % of total costs. However, the highest cost in bottle manufacturing is packaging that requires 0.209 Baht per bottle. The transportation cost is the secondary highest cost in bottle manufacturing that requires 0.191 Baht per bottle. It was found that the logistics cost per bottle of bottled water factory was higher than the bottled mineral water factory.