A competitive solution for cooperative truckload delivery

Hezarkhni, Behzad; Slikker, Marco; Van Woensel, Tom

Abstract

This paper introduces a solution for gain sharing in consortia of logistic providers where joint planning of truckload deliveries enables the reduction of empty kilometers. The highly competitive nature of freight transport markets necessitates solutions that distinguish among the logistics providers based on their characteristics, even in situations with two players only. We introduce desirable properties in these situations and propose a solution that satisfies such properties. By comparing the existing solutions against the introduced properties we demonstrate the advantages of our proposed solution.

Citation

Hezarkhni, B., Slikker, M., & Van Woensel, T. (2015). A competitive solution for cooperative truckload delivery. OR Spectrum, 38(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-015-0394-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 19, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 18, 2015
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 19, 2016
• Journal: OR Spectrum
• Print ISSN: 0171-6468
• Electronic ISSN: 1436-6304
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-015-0394-y
• Keywords: Transportation and logistics; Supply chain management; Cooperative game theory; Gain sharing
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/747441
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00291-015-0394-y
• Contract Date: Sep 19, 2016