The Bristol-Bath Urban freight Consolidation Centre from the perspective of its users

Paddeu, Daniela

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2017.06.001

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“…LRP is no exception with companies cooperating on both locating their facilities and serving their customers. While there exists evidence of successful cooperation in practice (Eyers, 2010;Paddeu, 2017), the literature lacks general assessment of benefits coming from horizontal cooperation in LRPs. In this article, we have introduced the standard LRG, a collaborative formulation of the standard LRP.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Besides the academic interest, the intersection of these two areas is motivated from practical situations, such as the installation of urban consolidation centers for city logistics and the formation of strategic alliances. For example, Paddeu (2017) recounts the case of the Bristol-Bath freight consolidation center from the perspective of its users (106 retailers) and points to pricing and cost coverage as important factors for success or failure. If a consolidation center is located in the periphery of a city to serve retailers in the city center by shared routes, they will naturally be concerned about the cost of the service and how this compares to the nonshared solution.…”

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Cooperative game‐theoretic features of cost sharing in location‐routing

Osicka

Guajardo

Oost

2019

Int Trans Operational Res

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While the interest in both collaborative logistics and location-routing has grown considerably, horizontal cooperation in location-routing problems remains fairly unattended. This article studies several variants of the location-routing problem using a cooperative game-theoretic framework. The authors derive characteristics in terms of subadditivity, convexity, and non-emptiness of the core. Moreover, for some of the game variants, it is shown that for facility opening costs substantially larger than the costs associated with routing, the core is always nonempty. The theoretical results are supported by numerical experiments aimed at illustrating the properties and deriving insights. Among others, it is observed that, while in general it is not possible to guarantee core allocations, in a huge majority of cases the core is nonempty.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cooperative game‐theoretic features of cost sharing in location‐routing

Osicka

Guajardo

Oost

2019

Int Trans Operational Res

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“…The needs of receivers can be specified in greater detail. Almost any business must receive deliveries, and it is important that they are reliable (Browne et al, 2005;Paddeu, 2017).…”

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Customer Benefits in City Logistics : Towards Viable Urban Consolidation Centres

Johansson

2020

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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Urban Consolidation Centre (UCC) is a city logistics initiative that has the potential to increase the efficiency of urban freight delivery systems while reducing negative environmental and social effects caused by freight vehicles. One important issue that have hindered longevity of this initiative is its viability, both the financial viability and acceptance from affected stakeholders (also called UCC customers). The UCC customers in focus in this thesis are receivers of goods and municipalities. To satisfy both types of stakeholders, their requests and, in particular, the benefits they can gain from using UCCs need to be studied. The types of benefits to be given priority differ between the stakeholders, where municipalities strive towards more societal benefits, and the main goals of receivers are an increase in efficiency and financial sustainability. In response, the purpose of this thesis is to deepen the understanding of benefits for customers of UCCs, with a particular focus on customer needs and benefits that UCCs can provide. This thesis consists of five appended papers, each of which uses a different methodology. The methodologies applied in the papers include a multiple interview study of five UCCs, a survey-based interview study of retail stores, and a case study of an operating UCC. Regarding customer needs, this thesis takes the customer perspective, in order to identify needs that UCCs can meet. The results presented in this thesis also highlight the importance for UCCs to give priority to meeting customer needs that stem from some type of problem. Regarding benefits that UCCs can provide, the thesis suggests how different types of benefits can be distinguished. This can give guidance to UCC operators regarding which benefits should be given priority in communication with UCC customers. However, the results highlight that it is also important to understand the situation of the customer to be able to communicate the most relevant benefits that UCCs can provide. Furthermore, the results illustrate different improvement areas that can affect the benefits for UCC customers. These identified areas are: improved understanding by both UCCs and its customers of each other's operation, communication, developing a more holistic view for UCC customers, and developing new UCC services to match customer needs. The results provide a foundation for customer needs that UCCs can meet, and the benefits that UCCs can provide. This foundation can be important for UCC customers to gain a better understanding of what a UCC is and how it can affect their operation, something that this thesis contributes towards. It can also assist initiators of UCCs to determine which customer needs they should focus on. Lastly, the results and contribution also address the potential role of municipalities, and it is argued that their role should change from a more supportive role to that of a paying UCC customer. All of these aspects can increase the probability that a UCC, when established becomes viable. IV V So, here it is, my doct...

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“…Many initiatives and projects end shortly after their funding ends, particularly many urban consolidation centre (UCC) projects (Allen et al, 2012;Allen et al, 2014;Paddeu, 2017).…”

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Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities

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Individual freight transport policies have been investigated in the literature extensively in the last 10-15 years, yet there has surprisingly been very little attention to the process of selecting urban freight transport (UFT) policy measures. This study focuses on UFT policy choice by local authorities, investigating how policy context, resource availability and the need for legitimacy influence how local authorities seek and select UFT specific policies. The methodology is a cross-case analysis of eleven cities across three countries (Sweden, England and Scotland), based on interview and documentary data. Findings reveal that all cities have the same high-level goals, such as reducing emissions and congestion, supporting the economy and improving quality of life. However, in most cases these rather general goals are not broken down into clear objectives with targets that can be measured. Therefore, selected UFT policy measures are chosen from a pool of common measures (primarily access restrictions such as time windows and weight restrictions), but without monitored targets that determine whether or not they are achieving objectives. This does not necessarily mean that the measures chosen are inappropriate, but that there is a lack of a strategic approach to setting and reviewing measures according to achieving specific policy goals. This is primarily a result of a lack of resources and dedicated UFT personnel, as well as challenges related to public acceptability of restrictive policies.

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The Bristol-Bath Urban freight Consolidation Centre from the perspective of its users

Cited by 41 publications

References 19 publications

Cooperative game‐theoretic features of cost sharing in location‐routing

Cooperative game‐theoretic features of cost sharing in location‐routing

Customer Benefits in City Logistics : Towards Viable Urban Consolidation Centres

Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities

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