Purpose – To analyse logistical innovations from 1984 to 2003. Design/methodology/approach – The approach concerned analysing the use of patents retrieved from major patent databases to create a picture of logistical innovations. Findings – Confirmation that the use of patent statistics can depict an overall picture of technological innovation in the logistics sector. Logistics firms can be inn...

Recently, there are two mainly methods for SMEs operating cross-border e-commerce in China. One is online store of firms via the cross-border third party platform. The other is the online store of firms built by themselves for export markets expansion. Based on the analysis of cross-border e-commerce process, we explore four factors which may affect the mode selection of cross-border e-commerce...

This paper takes a closer look at the very basics of logistics and it analyses the selection criteria of transportation services from the industrial point of view as the main research problem. It also tries to establish a better understanding of which industrial sectors are using which mode of logistics services and why. According to the analysis, the high value and especially high price/kg rat...

Purpose Third-party logistics (3PL) companies have experienced an explosion of volume during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Special tiers been introduced to provide differentiated levels service the customers. However, such changes in organization reveal and intensify tensions known as paradoxes. The purpose this research is identify what paradoxes emerged or become more salient specifica...

The vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) is an important problem in third-party logistics and supply chain management. We extend the VRPTW to the VRPTW with overtime and outsourcing vehicles (VRPTWOV), which allows overtime for drivers and the possibility of using outsourced vehicles. This problem can be applied to third-party logistics companies for managing central distributor-lo...

Stakeholders are increasingly aware of the aspect sustainability, and fact that circular economy facilitates achievement sustainable development goals. They place pressure on supply chains to become sustainable, for this reason, third-party logistics (3PL) service providers, as specialized professionals, play a vital role in chain management. Although developments technology era Industry 4.0 ha...

A good hub centre will effectively help expand agglomeration economy effects and increase competitive advantages for global shipping carrier-based logistics service providers (GSLPs). Hence, the selection of hub location of logistics centre is very important for the GSLP companies. In light of this, the main purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated fuzzy MCDM model to evaluate the best...

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This work investigates how bargaining power affects negotiations between manufacturers and reverse logistics providers in reverse supply chains under government intervention using a novel three-stage reverse supply chain model for two scenarios, a reverse logistics provider alliance and no reverse logistics provider alliance. Utilizing the asymmetric Nash bargaining game, this work seeks equili...