Flexibility of Delivery Frequency in Logistics Competition

Kraemer, Anne K.; Kraemer, Jan

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“…Also, Hise (1995) defended competition related to time is a strategic tool for creating competitive advantage in the logistics sector. Kramer and Kramer (2010) also highlighted the flexible delivery frequency and price in their study. In addition to operational factors, high consensus rates in the quality and marketing factors' statements obtained in the study.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Considering the focus of the study, issues related to procurement and shipping logistics (inbound & outbound) were discussed principally. Kramer and Kramer (2010) analyzed the strategic impact of price and flexible delivery frequency on the competition among logistics service providers in the supply chain. They performed their studies according to time-based competition literature that deals with customers' selection of logistics service providers based on price and delivery times.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analyzing Competitive Advantage Factors of Logistics Service Providers: A Case Study of Izmir Region

KÖK

Ayaz

Kasapoğlu

2020

Mersin University Journal of Maritime Faculty

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Competition starts with existence of life itself. In order to survive in the globalizing world, it is a great necessity for companies to provide sustainable competitive advantage. In this sense, in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage, factors affecting competition should be deeply perceived and implemented. In recent years, logistics sector has had a complex structure as global competition has been increasing and logistics capabilities are getting more and more critical for the success of logistics service providers. For this reason, it is aimed to determine the attitudes of senior managers who are working in the logistics service provider companies in Izmir towards the factors affecting competition. For this purpose, Delphi method, which is a qualitative research method, has been applied in this research. In the first round of Delphi research, 29 factors affecting competition obtained from the literature review have been asked to experts under six groups and a consensus has been tried to be reached. As a result of the first round, for 6 factors a consensus could not be reached, and then the statements have been re-evaluated and detailed, and another Delphi form for second round has been prepared and implemented. According to the findings, t the valuable, sense of market opportunities and sensitivity to the market, the ability to integrate employees' knowledge and skills with the routines of their operations, after-sales service and reliability which are the factors affecting competition for logistics service providers have been fully agreed upon by logistics service providers. All factors related to dynamic capabilities approach associated with competition in the literature have been considered important by logistics service providers. There has no consensus on the factors related to threats / barriers faced by new entrants in the logistics sector and bargaining power of service buyers.

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Analyzing Competitive Advantage Factors of Logistics Service Providers: A Case Study of Izmir Region

KÖK

Ayaz

Kasapoğlu

2020

Mersin University Journal of Maritime Faculty

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“…While the price-time competition research with delivery speed as a lever has been extensively studied (e.g., So 2000, Cachon andHarker 2002), the question of the optimal delivery frequency is a relatively under-explored one. Kraemer and Kraemer (2010) and Shah and Brueckner (2012) both model multiple customers, who select one exclusive manufacturer based on their proposed offering on price and delivery frequency. Specifically, Kraemer and Kraemer (2010) consider two manufacturers, one of which offers delivery frequency flexibility and show that the flexible manufacturer realizes less (more) profit than its counterpart if the customer inventory holding cost is low (high).…”

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“…Kraemer and Kraemer (2010) and Shah and Brueckner (2012) both model multiple customers, who select one exclusive manufacturer based on their proposed offering on price and delivery frequency. Specifically, Kraemer and Kraemer (2010) consider two manufacturers, one of which offers delivery frequency flexibility and show that the flexible manufacturer realizes less (more) profit than its counterpart if the customer inventory holding cost is low (high). Shah and Brueckner (2012) consider multiple manufacturers and show that the equilibrium delivery frequency increases in the number of customers and decreases in the number of competing manufacturers.…”

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Manufacturer competition in the nanostore retail channel

Honhon

Fransoo

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European Journal of Operational Research

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“…2 In work carried out contemporaneously, Kramer and Kramer (2010) also study price and frequency competition between logistics services providers, using a related model. These authors in addition provide a road map to earlier work, which includes a detailed review by Minner (2003) of the inventorymanagement literature, where the analysis focuses on shipping decisions conditional on carrier prices, service levels and lead times while accounting for inventory holding costs.…”

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Price and frequency competition in freight transportation

Shah

Brueckner

2012

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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This paper develops a simple analytical model of price and frequency competition among freight carriers. In the model, the full price faced by a shipper (a goods producer) includes the actual shipping price plus an inventory holding cost, which is inversely proportional to the frequency of shipments offered by the freight carrier. Taking brand loyalty on the part of shippers into account, competing freight carriers maximize profit by setting prices, frequencies and vehicle carrying capacities. Assuming tractable functional forms, long-and short-run comparative-static results are derived to show how the choice variables are affected by the model's parameters. The paper also provides an efficiency analysis, comparing the equilibrium to the social optimum, and it attempts to explain the phenomenon of excess capacity in the freight industry.

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Flexibility of Delivery Frequency in Logistics Competition

Cited by 7 publications

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Analyzing Competitive Advantage Factors of Logistics Service Providers: A Case Study of Izmir Region

Analyzing Competitive Advantage Factors of Logistics Service Providers: A Case Study of Izmir Region

Manufacturer competition in the nanostore retail channel

Price and frequency competition in freight transportation

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