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- Abbasi, Maisam, et al.
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Themes and Challenges in Making Supply Chains Socially Sustainable
- 2014
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Ingår i: [Host publication title missing]. - 9788799743308 ; , s. 182-200
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose Purpose of this paper is to explore and classify pattern of the currently discussed themes and challenges in making supply chains socially sustainable. Design/methodology/approach The methodology was based on a systematic review of the existing literature in order to explore what major themes and challenges have been discussed as well as the significant gaps where opportunities for further research can be found. Findings In total five categories of themes were identified, namely goods/service-centric, humancentric, organization-centric, corporate-centric, and management/governance-centric. Challenges were classified into eight categories namely, inadequate and asymmetric knowledge, shifting the values, operationalization, subjectivity in evaluation, difficulties of SMEs, governance complexity,sustainability leakage, and sustainability washing. Research limitations/implications Focus of the paper is on social pillar of sustainable development in context of supply chains. A more holistic investigation of all the three pillars/ bottom lines of sustainable development (economic, environmental, and social) can be an opportunity for further research. Practical implications Taking a more holistic view of the pattern of currently discussed themes and challenges may be beneficial in increasing the absorptive capacity of industrial and business practitioners when they design and operationalize innovative strategies in developing sustainable supply chains. Originality/value This paper may increase awareness about the social responsibilities of supply chains actors and stakeholders. It may also guide managers, decision makers, and practitioners to better understand the difficulties, obstacles, or dilemmas that can hinder sustainable development of supply chains. The discussion section provides suggestions for tackling the challenges and a section that elaborates on opportunities for further research.
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- Abbasi, Maisam, et al.
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Who controls logistics emissions? Challenges in making fragmented supply chains environmentally sustainable from a logistics service provider's perspective
- 2014
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the Nordic Logistics Research Network: NOFOMA 2014. - 9788799743308 ; , s. 201-218
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore the environmental impact of Logistics Service Provider (LSP) activities in the light of increased customer attention and fragmentation of the industry. We try to answer the question, to what extent the LSPs can actually monitor the environmental impact of logistics activities in the supply chain? Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this paper is a literature review, a qualitative interview survey, and three case studies. A framework on sustainability challenges in supply chains derived from the literature is used to structure and analyze the findings. Findings Our findings reveal that despite ambitious environmental schemes communicated by several LSPs, LSPs exert very little control over the actual emissions created from their transport operations. Furthermore, it is clear from this study that any real interest in environmental solutions that impact the cost and time requirements from customers of logistics services are not yet a reality. Research limitations/implications This paper implies that LSP sustainability cannot be investigated in isolation if a company does not manage proprietary resources. Practical implications Our findings imply that environmental policies between different LSPs appear similar, but in practice differs, which stresses the importance of follow-up control by environmentally aware logistics service buyers. Originality/value This paper represents a novel approach as to how LSP environmental policies should be viewed.
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- Prockl, Gunter, et al.
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Counting the Minutes-Measuring Truck Driver Time Efficiency
- 2015
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Ingår i: Transportation Journal. - 0041-1612. ; 54:2, s. 275-287
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- How truck drivers spend their time is crucial to the profitability of motor carriers. However, the aspect of time has been marginally addressed in industry practice and academic literature on motor-carrier strategies and operations. Given the importance of the drivers in transport operations, the purpose of this article is to outline how driver time in motor-carrier operations can be measured using various methods. The underlying empirical data related to transport efficiency have been collected over five years throughout numerous projects in Europe. The article summarizes the experiences from the measurements carried out in these projects. In total, 80 drivers from 22 motor carriers were measured using different types of participant observations and driver self-observation. Practitioners addressing drivers' time use will find important principles to guide their work in measuring drivers' activities. For future research into driver activities, we suggest using the nine activity categories proposed in our note.
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- Prockl, Günter, et al.
(författare)
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Counting the minutes - Measuring truck driver time efficiency
- 2013
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Ingår i: [Host publication title missing].
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The performance of truck drivers is crucial to the sustainability, in particular profitability, of motor carrier operations. Despite this, driver efficiency has received scarce attention in the transport and logistics literature. While the literature has focused on mathematical optimization, generic logistics frameworks and conceptual technology applications, measurement of drivers’ efficiency has rarely been addressed. Given the importance of the drivers in transport operations, the purpose of this paper is to identify and define methods and measurements on driver efficiency. Furthermore, the purpose is to build a framework to classify previous literature and the measurements involved. This research has been inductive in its nature, departing from a literature review focused on various aspects of transport operations performance, driver control and measurement. The empirical data underlying this paper has been collected over 5 years throughout numerous projects in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland related to transport efficiency and summarizes the experiences made in these projects. In total, 80 drivers belonging to 22 motor carriers were measured using different types of participant observations and driver self-observation. The findings of this synthesis revealed first that driver measurement is scarce and virtually non-existent outside the boundaries of eco-driving. The findings indicate that driver self-observation is a reliable tool for measuring driver efficiency and that tacho-meter based approaches are unreliable. Finally, this paper gives novel insights on using smart-phones as tools to interact with the driver. The research impact of this work can be identified in two separate areas. Firstly, the paper addresses the need for a broader view on drivers’ efficiency, departing from previous fuel-centred approaches. Secondly the paper gives directions on how to re-interprete findings from previous literature that has used flawed tachometer-based approaches. On a strategical level, this paper advices the haulier industry to address drivers’ efficiency on a more holistic level then what has previously been done. Practitioners addressing driver efficiency will find important principles to guide their work in measuring drivers.
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- Prockl, Günter, et al.
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Flow Pooling as Lateral Collaboration
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to analyse the Multi User Concept (MUC) approach, a combination of vertical and horizontal collaboration (lateral collaboration) across different actors in a supply chain. To analyse this concept a quantitative case study using modelling and simulation was made based on actual data from several companies in an automotive supply chain. On a supply chain level, the model shows significant advantages for the MUC approach in terms of cost and service levels. However for some of the actors, there is only very limited individual improvement. Hence they have no incentive to join with the other companies, meaning that the feasibility of the cooperation is placed in danger.
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- Prockl, Günter, et al.
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Multi-Dimensional Framework of Rural Supply Chain Management : Moving towards new research perspectives
- 2018
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Ingår i: NOFOMA Conference Proccedings.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose:This paper aims to present an exploratory view of rural supply chain management (RSCM) and furthermore, to provide a framework to facilitate further study and research. The paper also identifies future research directions derived from the framework.Design/methodology/approach:Based on the limited literature in the field, this paper adopts an inductive approach using an interdisciplinary panel of international experts.Findings:The findings pinpoint that RSCM is multi-faced and classifies the research area into four main dimensions and lenses, resulting in a holistic framework which brings together the wide-ranging character of the areas. The four proposed overarching dimensions of RSCM are; rural logistics, policy, community and innovation.Research limitations/implications:The research shows that there exists an explicit need for more research on RSCM. This paper provides a foundation for future examination of, and theory building in, this research area. Specifically, it highlights a significant number of opportunities for further research for scholars from various disciplines.Practical implications:This paper can support the development of rural markets and businesses while they cope with the logistical challenges (e.g. scale effects) particularly relevant to retail and service industries. It also enables leveraging opportunities (e.g. heterogeneity and identity) in these areas.Original/value:This work represents the first initiative to present a comprehensive view of RSCM, and expands supply chain management beyond focal firms to consider the ecosystem posited to be a requisite in the study of the concept of RSCM.
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- Prockl, Günter, et al.
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Rural supply chain management: a multidimensional framework for future research in Europe
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Journal of Business and Systems Research. - 1751-200X. ; 15:1, s. 1-1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Innovations affect urban and rural areas differently. Although thesupply chain management (SCM) literature recognises the interaction betweenurban and rural areas in terms of flow of products, people and communication,the rural perspective is clearly missing. An inductive approach was appliedusing an interdisciplinary panel of international experts to explore challengesand opportunities in the integral fields of rural development and SCM. Fourkey dimensions emerged that deal with rural logistics, policy, community andinnovation. The results characterise rural SCM as multidimensional andclassify the research field according to these four key dimensions. The resultingholistic framework brings the wide-ranging character of the research fieldtogether. The study provides foundations for the future research and theorybuilding in this emerging research field. It also supports the development ofrural markets and businesses in their efforts to cope with challenges that areparticularly relevant to retail and service industries.
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- Sternberg, Henrik, et al.
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Cabotagestudien - A study on the movement of international vehicles in Denmark
- 2014
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- An open European market for goods and services, including transport services, stimulates trade, global competitiveness and economic growth. At the same time, concerns about domestic job security and the environment have sparked debate. This report should be considered a first modest contribution to a mainly unexplored area in the past. Cabotagestudien consists of a walkthrough of previous research on road freight transport deregulation, a data collection of the movements of international trucks in Scandinavia, method validation and statistical comparison Parts of the data collection presented in this report are based on an innovative app for truck counting that registers vehicle movements with the assistance of 8 000 volunteers. Given the novelty of the methods employed and the lack of statistics, the results must be interpreted by keeping in mind the underlying assumptions of this report. Our dataset offers three main indications: 1) Cabotage is promoted by policy makers as a way to improve fill rate. Our data as well as the involvement of cabotage hauliers in the study, suggest that some hauliers base their business model on domestic haulage with foreign vehicles, so called “big cabotage”. Given that Denmark has some of Europe’s highest driver wages, cabotage as a business model is a logical consequence. As a business model it is still very limited in Denmark, but from a Danish perspective it is questionable if it improves fill rates. Previous research suggests that deregulation mainly improves cost efficiency, with only minor effects on technical efficiency. 2) Our data gives no indications of any legal infringements of the cabotage rules, meaning that none of the observations indicate any trucks making a fourth trip after an international trip. Since Denmark is a small country with frequent Danish policy controls, there are few incentives and high risks for hauliers to take part in illegal cabotage. 3) The data collected can be used to complement the Eurostat cabotage statistics. After correcting for bias, our data suggest that major portions of new member states’ cabotage operations in Denmark are not included in Eurostat 2012. We suggest an alternative picture based in part on Eurostat and in part on the actual vehicle movements, giving a minimum cabotage penetration in Denmark of 4.6%, with the data providing room for a significantly larger percentage. Further elaborations on these indications as well as additional data and calculations will be published in the final report on the Scandinavian Cabotagestudien.
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- Sternberg, Henrik, 1978, et al.
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ICT in Road Transport Operations
- 2011
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Ingår i: Conference Proceedings of Nofoma 2011.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose The paper quantifies value adding and non value adding activities in Less-than-Truckload transportation and discusses the reduction of the identified inefficiencies as the basis for adoption arguments for support with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in transportation. The purpose is to identify the potential direct benefits, quantified in time, of introducing ICT in Less-than-Truck-Load transportation on the level of the individual company instead of the so-far more conventional aggregate level discussion.Design/methodology/approachBased on driver diaries and participant observations the drivers’ activities of 343 full working days have been classified according to eight different activity types. To increase reliability and reduce the effects of local working practices the data was collected in various regions of Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Furthermore, data was collected in transport companies of different size, fleet size, and institutional setting. Using statistical methods the data was then evaluated and interpreted with respect to potential ICT support issues.FindingsDespite literature frequently proposing benefits in activities such as driving, loading and unloading, our extensive data collection does not indicate on an individual transportation level any easy to achieve and significant improvement of activities other than administration. In Less-than-Truckload road transportation the benefit on an individual level is primarily in terms of reduced work hours through ICT, replacing administration and waiting times associated with it. Further benefits from reduced driving, loading and unloading that could be exploited depend on a wider adoption by other actors of the transport chain of solutions that build on the introduction of ICT by the motor carrier companies, such as self-service loading and unloading, and condition based maintenance of the vehicle fleet. For some motor carriers these further benefits might show immediately, but they are very limited in terms of quantitative time efficiency improvement. Thus the critical incentive for the introduction of ICT in transportation on the individual level is the administrative benefits. Research limitations/implicationsThough broader than known empirical studies, the sample is still limited to three European countries and 20 companies.Practical implications Eliminating inefficiencies is of major interest for managers in transportation as well for their clients. Based on detailed empirical data this paper provides quantification for the shares of different driver activities and relates it to the important question on potential ICT support. It thus provides managers with a realistic baseline to evaluate the potential and the conditions for the implementation of ICT.Original/valueWhile previous literature has mainly focused on ICT benefits enabled on the aggregated level or focused on optimization of the driving/routing, this paper addresses the benefits on the level of individual Less-than-Truck-Load transportation. For transportation companies these benefits are of immediate interest and economic value and thus constitute a major driving force for the implementation of ICT in the transportation industry. We provide a proposition for quantifying potential value of ICT and insights on measurements of driver activities that are of interest to researchers as well as for practice.
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- Sternberg, Henrik, et al.
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Tragedy of the facilitated commons: A multiple case study of failure in systematic horizontal logistics collaboration
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Supply Chain Management. - : Wiley. - 1523-2409 .- 1745-493X. ; 58:4, s. 30-57
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Horizontal logistics collaboration can increase environmental sustainability and reduce shipping costs. Given these benefits—and the fact that few shippers actually opt to collaborate—public sector agencies and industry associations have attempted to sponsor and support the facilitation of horizontal logistics collaboration projects over the past 20 years. The literature, however, has yet to reveal the fact that these efforts have largely failed. Here, we introduce systematic horizontal logistics collaboration and apply Ostrom’s theory of the commons and agency theory to extract antecedents on why these projects failed. We present a multiple case study on unsuccessful horizontal logistics collaboration projects in Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark. We address a gap in supply chain literature with regard to systematic collaboration; we also demonstrate the utility of commons theory in the supply chain domain and contribute to the literature on supply chain collaboration with facilitators. Finally, we discuss managerial implications, both for the practitioners attempting systematic horizontal logistics collaboration and for the policymakers seeking to promote it.
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