An approach to analyzing shippers' transportation management organization

Tim Brilka and Uwe Clausen

A chapter in Adapting to the Future: Maritime and City Logistics in the Context of Digitalization and Sustainability, 2021, pp 259-288 from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute of Business Logistics and General Management

Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present an approach to analyzing the organizational design of shippers' transportation management from a process perspective. Methodology: The proposed analysis approach is based on a comprehensive literature review on transportation management. The literature is categorized by horizontal, vertical, and internal organizational design strategies as well as process levels. Findings: The literature review reveals organizational design strategies and processes of transportation management. Furthermore, by transferring the results into an approach to analyzing the organizational design of a transportation management, it is shown that processes are shaped by organizational design strategies, which can lead to a variety of process variants. Each of these process variants, in turn, influences the performance of a transportation management organization. Originality: The revealed organizational design strategies and processes contribute to explanation-oriented and design-oriented research in the context of transportation management. The proposed analysis approach further provides a methodological contribution for shippers dealing with the optimization of their transportation management.

Keywords: HICL and Practice; Excellence in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.15480/882.4006

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