Business Models for Collaborative Planning in Transportation: An Application to Wood Products

Integration of the cost allocation in the optimization of collaborative bundling

“…Audy et al (2007) describe several business models, managed by either a third party, a carrier, a customer, or several carriers and customers.…”

Profit allocation in collaborative bioenergy and biofuel supply chains

“…There have been some applications of using game theory for cost allocation in forestry. For example, Audy, D'Amours, & Rönnqvist (2007) studied a wood fiber flow collaboration under the leadership of one customer whose objective was to maximize its own payoff, and therefore the collaboration could not gain all the attainable benefits. Similar case studies conducted with furniture companies and forest companies by other researchers (Audy & D'Amours, 2008;Audy, D'Amours, & Rönnqvist, 2012) proved that the leadership could provide better return for companies, and it was usually taken by the company with the highest shipping volume.…”

“…The forestry sector has seen applications of game theory allocation methods, mostly in analyzing collaborative transportation activities. Audy et al (2007) studied the impact of the leaders' behavior in building a wood fiber flow collaboration and sharing the benefits. The leaders had the right to decide the timing and the sequence to take new players into the coalition.…”

Issues in Collaborative Logistics

“…From a business point of view, one or a set of the entities will lead in the creation of the coalition. Audy et al (2007) have identified six different forms of leadership currently used in coalition building for the specific problem of log supply to mills. We generalize the proposed type of leadership and identify five different models.…”

“…If the costs are shared, then the leader wants to bring in the bigger entities first and then the smaller ones. If the savings are shared, then the inverse logic would be pursued (Audy et al, 2007).…”