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...

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...

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...

A model is proposed that integrates a cost allocation method – the Shapley value – into the optimization of the synchronized consolidation of transportation orders. By balancing each partner’s delivery date changes (when synchronizing) against its allocated profit, it ensures that the...