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Implementation level of shipper and transport provider practices with an impact on the load factor

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Summary, in English

The purpose of this paper is to examine current practices of load factor utilisation of road transport. An interview study of five shippers and two transport providers were conducted. The research shows that transport providers seem to work efficiently with operational practices to improve the load factor, but the load factor seems not to be highly prioritised when it comes to strategic decisions. The overall potential to improve the load factor through collaboration described in the literature is only obtained to a limited extent. The shippers and the transport providers seem to lack insight into each other’s businesses, which hinders improvements in load factor from collaboration.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

1-8

Publication/Series

Proceedings of the International Symposium of Logistics

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

International Symposium of Logistics

Topic

  • Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Keywords

  • Collaboration
  • Environment
  • Load factor
  • Transportation

Conference name

International Symposium of Logistics, 2015

Conference date

2015-07-05 - 2015-07-08

Conference place

Bologna, Italy

Status

Published