Joëlle Morana

Collaborative transportation sharing: from theory to practice via a case study from France

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Assessing urban logistics pooling sustainability via a hierarchic dashboard from a group decision perspective

This paper aims to propose, via an experimental collaborative decision support method, to define a grid of indicators and a reference situation database to measure the sustainable performance of urban logistics pooling systems. To do this, we start by defining the notion of sustainability in the 4As approach, after what we identify the main sustainability indicators from an overview of the literature, and class them into four categories (one for each A of the approach). Then, a group of 20 experts is required and an iterative experimental collaborative decision making method is applied to the group to converge to the concordance of a set of indicators. The method allowed us to define a hierarchic dashboard agreed by all experts with 7 main indicators and 9 secondary indicators. Moreover, the experts signaled the need of defining a unified basis of comparison to estimate initial situations. To do this, we proposed a database of urban routes from the French Surveys on Urban Goods Transport. This method has the advantage of proposing a dashboard agreed by all involved stakeholders. The proposed dashboard is an example and to provide a more unified one the experience has to be iterated using different groups of decision makers. Therefore, this paper shows the patterns to reproduce it, since the method is able to be replicated in any context of group decision in urban logistics. The originality of the paper arises on the use of an experimental group decision method using a group with a majority of practitioners, and to validate it by consensus.

Urban Consolidation and Logistics Pooling

In logistics and freight transport, collaboration and pooling are popular strategies, in practice, that remain less explored in research. In recent years, collaborative transportation and pooling have become urban logistics alternatives to classical urban consolidation centres, but remain in a developmental stage. This chapter proposes a framework for urban logistics pooling, strategic planning and ex-ante evaluation. First, the main concepts of logistics pooling and their applications to urban delivery services are presented. Then, an information systems-based framework for planning and evaluation is described, from which a set of indicators are identified. To illustrate this framework, a case study from a French urban logistics pooling system is proposed.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Urban Logistics

Urban logistics is a field that studies the best solutions for urban freight distribution with high environmental objectives. However, most actions are started by public authorities without taking into account the impacts of the new organizational schemas in the existing distribution enterprises’ organization. This chapter proposes a conceptual framework for urban green logistics planning and evaluation, in order to relate urban logistics to green supply chain management, i.e. the public authorities’ perspective to the enterprise’s vision. Therefore, a dashboard is proposed and illustrated, as well as the conceptual framework, via a case study: the urban logistics system Cityporto (Padua, Italy).

A sustainable urban logistics dashboard from the perspective of a group of operational managers

The aim of this paper is to propose a sustainable dashboard for evaluating the sustainable performance of urban delivery systems, from the perspective of operational logistics managers, one of the categories of stakeholders given less consideration by public authorities in their quest for consensus. First, a synthesis of the main works on the subject is proposed, in order to provide a common grid of economic, environmental and social/societal indicators for Sustainable Supply Chain Management, after which the method for defining the dashboard is presented. This method is derived from a collaborative decision-support approach and applied to a panel of operational logistics managers. Using a co-constructive method, a group of experts is consulted first separately then by small groups, then a group restitution and consensus search process is made to find an agreed set of indicators. The results show a difference between the indicators chosen in the individual phase and those defined in small groups. They show also a gap between classical expert-obtained indicators (mainly made by one or a small group of non-operational experts) and the proposed dashboard, made by and for operational managers. The originality of the paper is that it addresses two issues (urban logistics evaluation and consensus search) by using methods of natural and active pedagogy, and shows by an experimental method the interests and opportunities of collaboration in defining sets of indicators for urban logistics evaluation.

The deployment of city and area distribution centers in France and Italy: Comparison of six representative models

In this article, we propose a critical overview of the deployment of urban distribution centers (UDCs) in France and Italy. We focus on two categories of UDCs: those deployed to deliver to the city and located in peripheral areas and those located close to a specific area to serve it. Starting from an initial typology of experiments, obtained from a systematic analysis of 34 experiences (18 in France and 16 in Italy), we orient the study towards the analysis of six models of cooperative strategies set up to reach an economic viability of these platforms. Those models are studied on a four-element grid: steering, organization, development, and financing. The defined typology and the analysis of the six types of cases enabled us to determine the main elements that influence the search for economic viability in urban consolidation and distribution platforms.

Théorie de la diffusion de l'innovation de Rogers et traçabilité: Application au secteur de la datte tunisienne

La traçabilité est considérée comme une réponse à l’état d’incertitude lié aux crises alimentaires de la fin du XXe siècle. Pour le cas de la filière des dattes tunisiennes, la traçabilité -en tant que démarche de management stratégique-apparaît dans certains cas selon nous, comme une innovation managériale toujours en phase d’adoption. Une étude en ce sens est effectuée auprès de trois entreprises tunisiennes totalement exportatrices de la filière dattes. Les résultats de l’analyse nous permettent d’élaborer les déterminants de l’adoption de la traçabilité rattachés à certains éléments de la théorie de la diffusion et de l’adoption d’une innovation de Rogers (1962, 2003).

L'utilisation d'indicateurs logistiques: une étude exploratoire via le modèle SCOR

En tant que réseau d’affaires, le supply chain management (SCM) cherche à développer des modèles à même de décrire et évaluer les processus et activités induits par sa mise en oeuvre. C’est dans cette mouvance que souhaite se placer le modèle SCOR. Cet article s’intéresse à la pratique des indicateurs logistiques proposés par ce modèle. En 2007, lors de la mise à jour de l’annuaire des diplômés du Master 2 TLIC de Lyon 2, un questionnaire a été joint qui portait sur l’appréhension et l’utilisation des métriques de niveau 1 du modèle SCOR. 35 questionnaires sont traités. Les résultats soulignent que -de manière générale- les intitulés des indicateurs du modèle SCOR apparaissent abscons et nécessitent une définition explicite en préalable. L’analyse des réponses montre également que dans leur quotidien, les répondants priorisent la justesse de la livraison et la réalisation de la commande. A l’inverse, leur attention semble plus faible quant à la gestion des stocks : rotation et jours d’inventaire.

Editorial. Supply chain and traceability

The aim of this special issue is to provide a collection of works which deal with the problematics of integrating traceability for strategic policy decision support. The focus is to provide a perspective on traceability across a range of different sectors of activity. Therefore, one of the challenges of this special issue was to address several original papers on the theme of traceability in various sectors. The result is a success! This special issue proposes a collection of four papers: two concern the food sector and the two others are related to the sectors of forestry and blood transfusions. The papers presented also give original methodological insight by answering questions such as: What key factors must a firm take into account to ensure the successful implementation of traceability? What computer and human systems does traceability involve? They also propose novel results and make important contributions to the subject. Finally, these contributions are international and the field studies concern different countries around the world. Experiments were performed in Tunisia (the date sector), Indonesia (mangoes) and Vietnam (seafood) for the food sector, and in France for the forest sector, and the European blood transfusion centre.

The determinants leading to the adoption of traceability: adaptation to the Tunisian date sector

ABSTRACT Traceability is considered as a solution to the state of uncertainty related to the agro-food crisis of these last years. Here, we focus on traceability in the Tunisian date sector in which it is deployed through a strategic managerial approach and considered by us to be a managerial innovation undergoing a phase of adoption. Validation of this hypothesis is provided by a study carried out on three Tunisian export firms. The results provide determinants of the adoption of traceability based on Rogers’ theory of diffusion and adoption of innovation and stakeholders’ theory. The results also show that information and communications technologies are just supporters of this management approach.