Collaboration among small shippers in a transportation market

Yilmaz O., SAVAŞANERİL TÜFEKCİ S.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, cilt.218, sa.2, ss.408-415, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 218 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.11.018
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.408-415
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Logistics, Shipper collaboration, Saving allocation mechanisms, Control of stochastic systems, REQUEST ALLOCATION, COST ALLOCATION, NETWORK
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Intense competition in markets is pushing companies to increase their operational efficiency. One possible way to achieve increased efficiency is through cooperation with other companies. We study the coalition formation among small shippers in a transportation market characterized by uncertain demand. We analyze the decisions taken by the coalition and study the effect of shipper characteristics on the benefit of collaboration. Analysis shows that the shippers always benefit from the coalition, but when the benefits are to be allocated, the coalition may not always guarantee the budget balance, which is elementary for sustainability of any coalition. Using a game theoretical approach this study proposes saving allocation mechanisms and discusses the conditions that lead to a balanced budget. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.