Analysis of quantitative models of horizontal collaboration in supply chain network design: Towards “green collaborative” strategies

Abstract

Horizontal collaboration is the pooling of logistics activities and consolidation of supply chains between two or more manufacturers for achieving mutual benefit. The concept of establishing horizontal relationships between supply chain partners has been first introduced by the European Union in 2001. Often, horizontal co-operation can lead to substantial economic benefits where it is a means of sharing risk, making cost savings, increasing investments, pooling know-how, in addition to the ecological benefit behind. To evaluate possible research directions in this area, this paper provides a review of quantitative models developed in literature for successfully establishing horizontal relationships between competing/non-competing partners. The paper also presents a solution framework for integrating green concepts along with the collaboration problem.

Combining Facility Location and Routing Decisions in Sustainable Urban Freight Distribution under Horizontal Collaboration: How Can Shippers Be Benefited?

“…Vertical cooperation has already led to an abundant literature. Nevertheless, less attention has been given to research on horizontal logistics collaboration [7][8][9][10].…”

“…From the operations management's point of view and as stated in review articles by Amer and Eltawil [8,11] and Danloup et al [12], existing quantitative models developed in literature for establishing horizontal collaboration in freight transportation was mainly focused on economic approach and the integration of sustainability concerns is accordingly in his infancy. On one hand, the majority of papers on the subject were interested in collaboration between carriers as opposed to that between shippers and on the other hand based on the vehicle routing problem by proposing models only for the operational level of the supply chain and assuming that strategic facility location decisions have been met in a prior step and cannot be modified.…”

A two-echelon location-routing model for designing a pooled distribution supply chain

“…Recently, (Amer & Eltawil 2015) [18] reviewed the existing quantitative models developed in literature for successfully establishing horizontal relationships between competing/noncompeting partners. The authors conclude that the majorities of paper on the subject are based on vehicle routing problem and propose models for, only, the operational level of the supply chain.…”

Assessing the economic and environmental benefits of horizontal cooperation in delivery: Performance and scenario analysis

“…CSC has gained increased attention in the field of supply chain management with the number of published articles over the last years. Although, horizontal collaboration has received little attention compared to vertical collaboration (Leitner et al, 2011;Amer & Eltawil, 2015;Soysal et al, 2018;Vos & Raa, 2016;. Therefore, this paper focuses on horizontal collaboration.…”

“…The network optimization is one of the several issues that need to be addressed for achieving successful horizontal collaborative transportation. From the transportation management's point of view, the recent literature reviews on logistics horizontal collaboration appeared in (Amer & Eltawil, 2014;Amer & Eltawil, 2015;Okdinawati & Simatupang, 2015;Pan et al, 2019) and most recent studies proposing quantitative models for establishing horizontal collaboration and reveal that:…”