Affiliation:
1. Estonian Maritime Academy of Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2. Kouvola Unit, LUT University, Finland & Estonian Maritime Academy, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Abstract
Due to environmental and market access requirements, companies need to be able to serve versatile transportation modes. Therefore, multimodality and management of supply chains of different transportation modes as one service is vital for companies to succeed. This is also arising as finding from two case studies of this research. The authors analyze two Estonian companies, one international manufacturer, and another one from logistics services. In the situation of manufacturer, different transportation modes are tied more on location of its alternative suppliers. Earlier railway was not an option, but nowadays even distant Chinese suppliers are evaluated with this alternative. Within logistics service companies, different transportation modes are tied to/from where handled products (cars) are coming from and their destination. For example, Russian markets are served by railways, which creates delays due to larger transportation lot size as compared to trucks.
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