Abstract:
The comparative study of logistics cost in supply chain of bottled water factory and bottled mineral water factory aimed to a comparative study of logistics cost in supply chain of bottled water factory and bottled mineral water factory in Chiang Rai province. Conducting this study by making observation in every process of in actual workplace and have an in-depth interview with skillful executives and officers. The outcome can be summarized as bottled water factory manufacture 93,600 bottles per month, total cost equal to 280,706 Baht per month, average cost is 2.99 Baht per bottle, and logistics cost is 88,508.28 Baht per month. Meanwhile, this logistics cost ratio per total cost is 31.53 % of total costs. Nevertheless, the packaging cost activity has reached the highest cost of factory at 0.54 Baht per bottle. And the transportation cost activity has reached the second highest cost of bottled mineral water factory at 0.25 Baht per bottle. In bottled mineral water factory, manufacture 144,000 bottles per month, total cost equal to 462,720 Baht per month, average cost is 3.21 Baht per bottle, and 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 packaging cost activity has reached the highest cost of factory at 0.209 Baht per bottle. And the transportation cost activity has reached the second highest cost of bottled mineral water factory at 0.191 Baht per bottle. It was found that the cost per bottle of bottled water of factory was higher than that of factory. It could be suggested that if the bottled water factory aimed to increase its productions and reduce the cost on logistics, it should consider certain possible options concerning the use of machinery, the allocation of new delivery routes, the shift of vehicle type to motorcycles with connected steel which provide space to carry stuff for the sake of nearby delivery.