Abstract
The maritime supply chain is a colossal ecosystem and the interface of the intercontinental trade market. Within this ecosystem, freight transportation is considered a fundamental component of all supply chain systems. As a matter of its demanding multimodal and intermodal character, freight transportation is a highly competitive market where actors involved, demand reliable and high-quality services at competitive prices. However, even though its systems keep evolving, being spurred by developments at multiple levels, the maritime actors’ fundamental operational processes keep an unprecedented low pace of evolution and transformation, and the maritime supply chain market is considered to be as hyper-fragmented as ever. This paper investigates how the effective, efficient, and sustainable matching of the demand and supply needs of the actors involved in the maritime supply chain domain can be strategically achieved and supported through specialised information systems. The paper, also presents a holistic framework for designing these systems. The analysis was based on the outcomes received from a number of interviews conducted with strategically positioned experts, pointing out their emerging needs and the challenges they face. The outcomes showed that digital transformation is still in its infancy but that the embracement of a decision-matchmaking system could be a real game changer.
Funder
European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction
Reference57 articles.
1. Notteboom, T., Pallis, A., and Rodrigue, J.-P. Port Economics, Management and Policy, 2022.
2. Arduino, G., and Carrillo Murillo, D.G. Dynamic Role of Actors in Freight Transport and Logistics. Proceedings of the Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica—XII Riunione Scientifica, 2010.
3. Freight Transportation and Distribution: Their Difference and Importance. 2022.
4. Design of a Sustainable Maritime Multi-Modal Distribution Network—Case Study from Automotive Logistics;Dong;Transp. Res. Part E Logist. Transp. Rev.,2020
5. Rodrigue, J.-P. The Geography of Transport Systems, 2020. Volume 1.
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献