PurposeThis article examines the extent of collaboration experienced by 191 Brazilian shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and carriers in their logistics operations in urban freight transport. This study investigates relationships over time, the type of service and the nuances associated with the frequency of meetings, frequency of technical visits and frequency of training.Design/methodology/approachThe authors carried out a component analysis and, based on factor loadings, calculated indexes for use in non-linear canonical correlations to evaluate company-level differences in perceptions of the degree of collaboration and strength of relationship over time.FindingsThe results indicate that in the triad, LSPs are the strongest supporters of collaboration over time regardless of whether the logistics service is shared or dedicated; shippers demonstrate the weakest support for collaboration and prioritize relationships of one to three years in length. Carriers seek to develop short-term relationships and participate actively in meetings and technical visits because they strongly support strategic and interpersonal collaboration. Carriers also follow LSPs in terms of strategic and interpersonal collaboration and shared logistics services.Originality/valueThis article contributes to understanding the perceptions of interactions among specific logistics collaboration elements related to strategic, tactical and interpersonal relationships that the Brazilian companies face in their daily urban freight transport.
The Warehouse Management System is an Information Technology (TI) which helps companies in their warehouse operations and inventory, giving a more appropriate use to the space of distribution centers (DCs). Even though the operational and financial results of the implementation of IT, such as the WMS, are positive and clear, results related to safety and other technical issues need to be assessed more accurately, considering that IT demands high investments. Thus, to evaluate the WMS, this paper presents a literature review on technologies, IT, IS, and WMS, and then applies the method of Ribeiro and Carvalho to companies that offer logistics services such as Logistics Operators. A case study method will be used for that, following a qualitative approach based on semistructured interviews with Logistics Operators. Among the results, it was found that these companies still give greater emphasis to the economic analysis of IT and must therefore improve the assessment of new software by involving variables that account for organizational, safety and other technical issues, in addition to the financial variables currently in use.
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