Using a transport portfolio framework to reduce carbon footprint
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

Purpose: The purpose is to develop a transport portfolio framework (TPF) and explore its use as a decision support tool for shippers wanting to reduce their transport system in terms of reducing their carbon footprint. Design/methodology/approach: The TPF has been designed on the basis relevant theoretical frameworks in logistics and thereafter tested and further developed by the use of empirical data from a case study. Quantitative methods are used to find patterns in the shipment statistics for import flows obtained from a food retailer and carriers. Findings: The TPF highlights different avenues for decreasing the carbon footprint, by identifying the product flow characteristics that might affect modal split and load factor, and it is believed that these can help shippers’ intent on analysing the largest potential for improvement. This potential is estimated based on how the key variables, modal split and load factor, can be improved. Practical implications: Shippers can use the TPF as a decision support tool in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by: structuring complexity, managing data and finding effective solutions. Originality/value: The TPF provides an opportunity to match different approaches for improving the environmental performance with the potential for reducing carbon footprint in shippers’ transportation networks, by taking into account the complexity of logistics network.

Load factor

Transport portfolio

Intermodal transportation

Decision support

Carbon footprint

Environmental

Författare

Kristina Liljestrand

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

Martin Christopher

Cranfield University

Dan Andersson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

International Journal of Logistics Management

0957-4093 (ISSN) 1758-6550 (eISSN)

Vol. 26 2 296-312

Ämneskategorier

Annan maskinteknik

Styrkeområden

Transport

DOI

10.1108/IJLM-06-2013-0073

Mer information

Senast uppdaterat

2018-04-20