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Reengineering the seaport container truck hauling process

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Purpose – Empty container trucks may cause a deficit in transport capacity and contribute to congestion and emissions in the port territory. Reengineering of the container truck hauling process to introduce truck-sharing arrangements using the truck appointment system has the potential of reducing the number of empty-truck trips. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This research evaluates the results from an investigation of the truck appointment system using a case study approach. The data collection phase involved primary and secondary sources along with using publicly available data on port operations. Findings – The study explores a dynamic truck-sharing facility for a computer-based matching system to assign probable export containers to available empty slots of a container truck. The proposed model reengineers the truck appointment system with a potential to reduce the number of empty-truck trips to increase container transport capacity around seaport gates. Research limitations/implications – Due to continuous increases in container-freight traffic, leading seaports of the world are experiencing a capacity shortage resulting in traffic congestion. The research findings are useful in practice as the proposed truck-sharing model can be introduced to enhance capacity in the container transport chain of the port territory. Originality/value – The empty-trucks problem has not been addressed much in studies from a decentralized perspective where all truck operators have an equal chance to contribute to optimize the supply chain in contrast with the typical one-company-based optimization. The solution addressed here uses the shared-transportation concept to cover the research gap.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Business Process Management Journal

No. Panggil

ATC PO SAM r

Penerbit

United Kingdom : Emerald Insight., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

33 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

PO

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Vol. 19

Subjek

Port
transportation
container ports
Transport capacity
Empty-truck
Truck appointment system
Process reengineering
Transport management

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Samsul Islam

Versi lain/terkait

Lampiran Berkas

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