Truck-sharing challenges for hinterland trucking companies: A case of the empty container truck trips problem

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-334

  Islam, Samsul ^a   Olsen, Tava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Collaborative transport; Empty trips; Environmental sustainability; Hinterland coordination; Social sustainability; Supply chain collaboration; Supply chain management; Traffic congestion; Transport capacity shortage; Truck sharing; Vehicle routing problem with backhauls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900447358     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BPMJ-03-2013-0042     Document Type: Article

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