A Comprehensive Literature Review on Sustainable Horizontal Collaboration

Mrabti, Nassim; Hamani, Nadia; Delahoche, Laurent

doi:10.3390/su141811644

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“…The two main areas of performance considered in this research relate to economic and environmental criteria, which is in line with most of the related literature found for shared-fleet collaborations between private operators, where these typically comprise carriers sharing transportation requests or sharing vehicle capacity to meet transport demand on a network-wide scale [19][20][21][22][23]. Recent literature reviews in this field reveal that most studies of shared-fleet collaborations use computational methods and artificial data, with comparatively few studies utilising actual fleet operator data [12,17,23]. This paper contributes to this identified gap by using real vehicle fleet operator data (vehicle schedules), which gives more confidence that the input data and resulting output data provide a true representation of operating conditions.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 60%

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Shared-Fleet Operation in Healthcare Logistics between Public Organisations

Aydemir,

McLeod,

Grote

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Shared-fleet logistics involves collaboration between two or more companies to combine workloads and vehicle capacity to improve vehicle utilisation and transport efficiency and to reduce costs. This study considers the potential environmental and economic benefits of implementing a shared-fleet collaboration between two public organisations: a local government authority and a National Health Service (NHS) Trust. The research focuses on a specific case study using a historical dataset of vehicle movements, wherein the local authority’s fleet of electric courier vehicles is shared with the NHS Trust for transporting pathology samples from 78 doctors’ surgeries to a laboratory for analysis, thereby replacing the reliance on a third-party logistics provider. The benefits suggested by the results included a 17% reduction in costs, a 3% decrease in overall vehicle kilometres travelled, a 69% decrease in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a 40% reduction in vehicle numbers, and a 27% reduction in total duty time. These results emphasise the considerable potential of shared-fleet operations to alleviate both environmental and economic problems in urban logistics, encouraging public sector organisations to actively pursue the implementation of collaborative solutions to enhance the efficiency of their own-account vehicles while making positive contributions to environmental sustainability.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 60%

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Shared-Fleet Operation in Healthcare Logistics between Public Organisations

Aydemir,

McLeod,

Grote

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…This requires the implementation of approaches that allow them to make decisions that influence the results expected. Often, horizontal collaboration can lead to substantial economic benefits such as risk sharing, cost savings, investments increasing and pooling know-how, in addition to the ecological benefit, for instance, CO 2 reduction [13][14][15].…”

Section: Literature Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrative Framework for Platform-Based Business Models to Drive Climate Neutrality in Logistics

Dinu,

Rosca,

Burciu

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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To make possible the integration and harmonization as well as the orchestration of independent logistics operations, smart platforms and platform ecosystems are necessary to effectively connect the providers of sustainable transport solutions and those who need them. Since the beginning of 2023, incoming EU regulations regarding minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks demand large companies to also report their emissions caused by subcontracting services. In response to this opening, we surveyed the past and ongoing experiences, we identified as well as explored the barriers that may determine a hindering effect, and we proposed an integrative framework for platform-based business models for sustainable logistics (PBM-SL) so as to contribute to designing business models for logistics, with the purpose of assisting any interested party in developing such a model for transport and logistics and of facilitating the insertion of sustainability issues among different platform solutions to optimize freight flows and drive logistics to climate neutrality.

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“…Horizontal cooperation in urban last-mile supply chains involves collaborating between various stakeholders, such as delivery services, automated smart locker providers and other delivery points, to streamline package delivery processes [60]. In this system, trucks and vans transport packages to strategically located smart lockers and delivery points across the city [61]. These lockers serve as convenient hubs for recipients to collect their items at their preferred time, reducing the need for multiple individual deliveries to dispersed locations [62].…”

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Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery: A Multi-Criteria Approach with Automated Smart Lockers, Capillary Distribution and Crowdshipping

Sawik

2024

Logistics

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Background: This publication presents a review, multiple criteria optimization models, and a practical example pertaining to the integration of automated smart locker systems, capillary distribution networks, crowdshipping, last-mile delivery and supply chain management. This publication addresses challenges in logistics and transportation, aiming to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction. This study integrates automated smart locker systems, capillary distribution networks, crowdshipping, last-mile delivery and supply chain management. Methods: A review of the existing literature synthesizes key concepts, such as facility location problems, vehicle routing problems and the mathematical programming approach, to optimize supply chain operations. Conceptual optimization models are formulated to solve the complex decision-making process involved in last-mile delivery, considering multiple objectives, including cost minimization, delivery time optimization, service level minimization, capacity optimization, vehicle minimization and resource utilization. Results: The multiple criteria approaches combine the vehicle routing problem and facility location problem, demonstrating the practical applicability of the proposed methodology in a real-world case study within a logistics company. Conclusions: The execution of multi-criteria models optimizes automated smart locker deployment, capillary distribution design, crowdshipping and last-mile delivery strategies, showcasing its effectiveness in the logistics sector.

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A Comprehensive Literature Review on Sustainable Horizontal Collaboration

Cited by 4 publications

References 144 publications

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Shared-Fleet Operation in Healthcare Logistics between Public Organisations

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Shared-Fleet Operation in Healthcare Logistics between Public Organisations

Integrative Framework for Platform-Based Business Models to Drive Climate Neutrality in Logistics

Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery: A Multi-Criteria Approach with Automated Smart Lockers, Capillary Distribution and Crowdshipping

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