Interoperability is playing an increasing role for today's logistics and supply chain
management (LSCM) because of the trends of cooperation or coopetition. Especially, digital …

Due to the complexity and the magnitude of optimisation models that appeared in
sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), the use of meta-heuristic algorithms as …

Background: The global logistics industry is facing looming challenges related to labor
shortages and low-efficiency problems due to the lack of logistics facilities and resources …

Current courier networks in metropolitan areas are characterised by utilising fleets of vans
that perform collection and distribution routes independently. This results in long stem …

Purpose The physical internet (PI) is an emerging logistics and supply chain management
(SCM) concept that draws on different technologies and areas of research, such as the …

Abstract The Physical Internet (PI) is an innovative concept that has the potential to
significantly improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of the global supply …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to offer an overview of the current state of research in a
specific field of transport, namely synchromodality. This includes a conceptual discussion of …

The vision of the Physical Internet (PI) involves both sharing logistics resources and
information exchange within an open network. The implementation of PI is seen as a …

The concept of the Physical Internet (PI) has been introduced as a vision for globally efficient
and sustainable logistics. Examining the activities of the PI since its foundation, enormous …

Cross-docking is a common logistics practice applied in transit platforms to synchronize
inbound and outbound vehicles in order to avoid keeping in-between storage. The practice …