Facing the pressure on the transportation market, freight carriers are suggested to exchange customer requests through collaborative transport planning for further increment of their profitability. This paper discusses the chances offered by this kind of horizontal collaboration and proposes challenges to meet its successful utilization. Keyword: horizontal collaboration, request exchange, prof...

negative impact of delays on customer service level by keeping redundant inventory or safety stock. Although safety stock protects companies from disruptions or delays, this comes at a cost because higher inventory levels tie up working capital and increase inventory management costs, such as warehousing and damage rates. In addition, the higher inventory level increases the risks associated wi...

A freight forwarder may consolidate its goods transportations in order to achieve a more efficient operation. When goods transportations are consolidated, they may reduce operational costs, e.g. labor and fuel. This can be further improved if a number of freight forwarders cooperate and consolidate their collective goods transportations, i.e. it is a cooperation between competitors, a coopetiti...

We study a delivery strategy for last-mile deliveries in urban areas which combines freight transportation with mass mobility systems the goal of creating synergies contrasting negative externalities caused by transportation. The idea is to use residual capacity on public transport means moving within city. In particular, system such that parcels are first transported from origins (central dist...

Smart cities need energy-efficient and low-emission transportation for people goods. Most studies focus on sustainable urban-transportation systems passengers. Freight in has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to greenhouse gases emissions negative externalities, such as traffic congestion. The purpose of this paper is identify through a systematic literature review w...