An explanatory approach to assess resilience: An evaluation of competitive priorities for logistics organizations

Baştuğ, Sedat; Yercan, Funda

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.01.016

Cited by 31 publications

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“…One potential explanation for the low prioritization of emissions reduction within the Transportation function is found in recent literature: Shippers place greater weight on cost and delivery performance than environmental sustainability in transportation mode and carrier selection (Baştuğ & Yercan, 2021; Davis‐Sramek et al, 2018). The COVID‐19 pandemic strengthened the importance of financial and delivery performance, as a survey of logistics and transportation professionals found that 54% of respondents describe their organizational priority regarding transportation to be a mixture between balancing cost and service with increased organizational focus on digitization and transparency (Holcomb et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

A legitimacy theory perspective on Scope 3 freight transportation emissions

Ellram

Tate

Saunders

2022

J of Business Logistics

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Freight transportation emissions reduction is on the environmental sustainability agenda for the logistics and transportation function in many organizations.Transportation is the fastest growing form of emissions in developing countries and is second only to electricity emissions generation globally. However, freight transportation is not a priority on the overall organizational sustainability agenda for many companies. This research uses in-depth interviews with 12 organizations to provide insight into the Transportation functional and the organizational level action and commitment to freight transportation emissions reduction as part of the overall corporate sustainability agenda. The context of this research takes the perspective of shippers to understand the benefits perceived by shippers in joining a green network/partnership focused on the reduction of freight emissions, fuel consumption, and the associated costs. In most organizations, reducing freight emissions is managed within the Transportation function and there is a lack of organizational focus on outsourced freight transportation emissions reduction. Given the increasing saliency of emissions reductions in many organizations, this represents a gap that needs to be addressed. The research suggests methods for creating more concern and visibility of freight transportation emissions.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A legitimacy theory perspective on Scope 3 freight transportation emissions

Ellram

Tate

Saunders

2022

J of Business Logistics

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“…This is supported by Baştuğ and Yercan (2021), who found that companies have already started planning to rebuild their supply chains in a more decentralised manner, using an analysis of social media messages from logistics organisations and their customers. They predicted the re-emergence of regional logistics hubs, calling for shortening of supply chains through policies, such as establishing “green lanes” at border crossings, proposing that governments should approach custom clearance like a gateway, not a checkpoint (Baştuğ and Yercan, 2021). Priority lanes for delivering essential food, medicine and medical equipment are also recommended (Rodrigue et al.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…While traditional supply chains have focused on cost efficiency more than effectiveness, the pandemic of COVID-19 revealed that efficiency-oriented systems are fragile during disasters. So, companies must re-design their supply chain structure concentrating on high quality, on-time delivery, higher responsiveness and higher flexibility and responsiveness (Baştuğ and Yercan, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Innovations in freight transport: a systematic literature evaluation and COVID implications

Mavi

Olaru

et al. 2022

IJLM

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PurposeThis paper systematically evaluates the existing literature of innovations in freight transport, including all modes, to uncover the key research themes and methodologies employed by researchers to study innovations and their implications in this industry. It analyses the role of transport and the impact of innovations during crises, such as COVID-19.Design/methodology/approachQualitative and quantitative analysis of the innovations in freight transport unravels the pre-requisites of such endeavours in achieving a resilient and sustainable transport network that effectively and efficiently operates during a crisis. The authors performed keyword co-occurrence network (KCON) analysis and research focus parallelship network (RFPN) analysis using BibExcel and Gephi to determine the major resulting research streams in freight transport.FindingsThe RFPN identified five emerging themes: transport operations, technological innovation, transport economics, transport policy and resilience and disaster management. Optimisation and simulation techniques, and more recently, artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) approaches, have been used to model and solve freight transport problems. Automation innovations have also penetrated freight and supply chains. Information and communication technology (ICT)-based innovations have also been found to be effective in building resilient supply chains.Research limitations/implicationsGiven the growth of e-commerce during COVID-19 and the resulting logistics demand, along with the need for transporting food and medical emergency products, the role of automation, optimisation, monitoring systems and risk management in the transport industry has become more salient. Transport companies need to improve their operational efficiency using innovative technologies and data science for informed decision-making.Originality/valueThis paper advises researchers and practitioners involved in freight transport and innovation about main directions and gaps in the field through an integrated approach for evaluating research undertaken in the area. This paper also highlights the role of crisis, e.g. COVID-19, and its impacts on freight transport. Major contributions of this paper are as follows: (1) a qualitative and quantitative, systematic and effective assessment of the literature on freight transport through a network analysis of keywords supplemented by a review of the text of 148 papers; (2) unravelling major research areas; (3) identifying innovations in freight transport and their classification as technological and non-technological and (4) investigating the impact of crises and disruptions in freight transport.

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“…Some regions did not plan any funds for the correction phase at all. Comparison of planned and calculated values after the correction phase suggests that the planned sum of the partial values in individual regions in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 was higher than the calculation according to the proposed formula (1).…”

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confidence: 79%

Competitiveness of the Regions in the Czech Republic from the Perspective of Disaster Risk Financing

Oulehlová¹,

Kudlák²,

Urban³

et al. 2021

JOC

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Mitigation of the impact of disasters and increasing resilience represent an inseparable part of the competitiveness of regions that cannot be implemented without a necessary resource framework. The paper focuses on the issue of financing individual phases of disaster management at the level of regions in the Czech conditions. The article is based on the assumption that public authorities do not systematically plan funds for dealing with crisis situations in the expenditure part of the budget, thereby not supporting the structural and functional conditions of territorial attractiveness, security and sustainability. The aim of the article is to propose a unique calculation of the minimum fund allocation for individual phases of disaster risk reduction at the regional level. The calculation concept is based on the value of the property owned by the region, the number of crisis situations predicted in the region, the number of crisis situations predicted in the Czech Republic, the administrative territory of the region and the total expenditures of the regional budget. The article presents a specific national approach to the public fund allocation to the individual disaster risk management phases, providing competitive administration and progressive and resilient development of the region. Based on the originally elaborated calculation, a comparative analysis of the expenditure part of 13 regional budgets for the 2013– 2019 period was performed. The premise on the insufficient financing of disaster management was confirmed, although the Crisis Management Act imposes this obligation. The results showed that the most underfunded area was the implementation phase.

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An explanatory approach to assess resilience: An evaluation of competitive priorities for logistics organizations

Cited by 31 publications

References 48 publications

A legitimacy theory perspective on Scope 3 freight transportation emissions

A legitimacy theory perspective on Scope 3 freight transportation emissions

Innovations in freight transport: a systematic literature evaluation and COVID implications

Competitiveness of the Regions in the Czech Republic from the Perspective of Disaster Risk Financing

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