Collaborative shipping in the sharing economy
Beliƫn, Jeroen Boute, Robert Creemers, Stefan De Bruecker, Philippe Gijsbrechts, Joren Valeria Paclilla Tinoco, Silvia Verheyen, Wouter
Beliƫn, Jeroen
Boute, Robert
Creemers, Stefan
De Bruecker, Philippe
Gijsbrechts, Joren
Valeria Paclilla Tinoco, Silvia
Verheyen, Wouter
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2017
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ORMS Today
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April
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20
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23
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Vertical supply chain collaboration has been around for decades. In a vertical collaboration, companies within one and the same supply chain collaborate, for instance to improve their forecast accuracy or inventory management. Horizontal collaboration is a more recent phenomenon where companies at the same level of the supply chain (i.e., between suppliers or between buyers) establish partnerships. An example of such a type of collaboration in transportation and logistics is collaborative shipping, where multiple shippers bundle volumes to fill the same transport. This more holistic view across individual supply chains brings many advantages for the logistics industry such as higher vehicle fill rates, reduced transportation costs and less transport emissions as more scale is available to enable a modal shift towards greener transport modes.
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Operations & Supply Chain Management