Recently, a trend towards horizontal collaboration in the supply chain has been gaining ground. Collaborative supply chains promise to improve sustainability and reduce transportation costs at the same time. This paper examines the possibility of collaboration and its implementation through a...

Horizontal collaboration among shippers is gaining traction as a way to increase logistic efficiency. The total distribution cost of a logistic coalition is generally between 9% and 30% lower than the sum of costs of each partner distributing separately. However, the coalition gain is highly...

By bundling orders of different partners within the time windows suggested to their 3PLs, a large reduction in cost can be achieved. However, these benefits can be further enlarged by loosening the time window constraints. Using the real costs structure of delivering an order too early or too...

Purpose: When collaborating, partners inevitably suffer changes in the way of working, costs or service aspects. However, some changes are easier to implement than others, and can be (easily) compensated by the positive effects of collaboration. This paper aims to give an overview of the...

This paper applies several cost allocation methods to a real life case study of fresh produce traders, jointly organising their transportation from the auction to a joint transport platform. The allocation may differ depending on whether the costs are divided on a daily basis or aggregated over...

In collaborative transport, dividing the total cost of the coalition between its different partners is a key issue. However, as each coalition has its own set of preferences and has partners with different characteristics, a cost allocation method suitable in all situations does not exist. In...

Horizontal logistic collaboration leads to large prots when the right coalition is formed. Most of the previous research however explains the profit differences using market conditions on coalitional level. We show that the level of profit is highly dependent on finding a correct combination of...

Determining the optimal number and location of intermodal transshipment terminals is a decision that strongly influences the viability of the intermodal transportation alternative. In this paper, we develop a model and an optimization method that provides policy makers with a tool to help them...