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Optimization of Collaborative Transport and Distribution Strategies: Trends and Research Opportunities

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During the last two decades, global market competitiveness has reached higher levels between companies operating worldwide. A situation that results from the new growing trends of globalization, the effects of the COVID19 pandemic on the whole world, and sustainability challenges. So, to maintain a sustainable supply chain in the current context, many enterprises choose to invest in logistic collaborations with presumed partners. Hence, logistic collaboration seems to be an efficient solution for companies willing to share their resources in order to reduce transport costs, CO2 emissions, congestion along with traffic accidents. 73 scientific articles have been collected and studied as part of a systematic literature review about optimization of collaborative transport and distribution strategies. So, this study aims to analyze the existing literature on this topic to find gaps and opportunities for future research. The results highlight the most to the less studied types of collaboration and trending resolution techniques used.

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    Yousra Chabba, Ali El Oualidi & Mustapha Ahlaqqach

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Chabba, Y., El Oualidi, A., Ahlaqqach, M. (2022). Optimization of Collaborative Transport and Distribution Strategies: Trends and Research Opportunities. In: Hamlich, M., Bellatreche, L., Siadat, A., Ventura, S. (eds) Smart Applications and Data Analysis. SADASC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1677. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20490-6_34

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