Highlights Deeply survey the existing scientific literature concerning synchromodal logistics. Analyze stakeholders, peculiarities, and critical success factors (CSFs) of synchromodality. Identify and study six different families of ICT/ITS technologies enabling the above CSFs. Accurately analyze existing real-case studies and research projects that involve synchromodality. Finally provide the concept of a new coordination platform (5PL) and highlight some open research issues.

    Abstract As supply chain management is becoming demand driven, logistics service providers need to use real-time information efficiently and integrate new technologies into their business. Synchromodal logistics has emerged recently to improve flexibility in supply chains, cooperation among stakeholders, and utilization of resources. We survey the existing scientific literature and real-life developments on synchromodality. We focus on the critical success factors of synchromodality and six categories of enabling technologies. We identify open research issues and propose the introduction of a new stakeholder, which takes on the role of orchestrator to coordinate and provide services through a technology-based platform.


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    Title :

    Synchromodal logistics: An overview of critical success factors, enabling technologies, and open research issues


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    Publication date :

    2019-07-22


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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