Outcome-Driven Supply Chain Perspective on Dry Ports

Alena Khaslavskaya and Violeta Roso
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Alena Khaslavskaya: Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Violeta Roso: Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: The hinterland leg of maritime containerized transport as a part of supply chain has been increasingly pressured by larger volumes, as well as by a need to fulfill sustainability requirements that are expressed by social opinion and formal regulations. There is a potential to relieve this pressure through integration of a dry port, as a seaport’s inland interface, in the supply chain. Therefore, this paper aims to explain how a supply chain can benefit or enhance its outcomes of cost, responsiveness, security, environmental performance, resilience, and innovation, by the integration of a dry port. The data for this case study is collected through interviews and site visits from the privately owned Skaraborg dry port, Sweden; and the study is limited to the actors of the transport system involved in the development and operations of the dry port integrated setup. The results show that the six supply chain outcomes (cost, responsiveness, security, environmental performance, resilience, and innovation) are perceived by the actors as being desirable, and can be enhanced by the integration of a dry port in the supply chains. In particular, the enhancement of the supply chain outcomes can be achieved due to intermodality and reliability of rail transportation and customization of services associated with the dry port integrated setup, and by increasing the capacity of transportation system.

Keywords: dry port; outcome-driven supply chain; supply chain outcomes (SCO); sustainability; cost; responsiveness; security; environmental performance; resilience; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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