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Transition or Transformation? Emerging Freight Transportation Intermediaries

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  • Song, Jiongjiong
  • Regan, A C

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During the past two years, traditional freight transportation intermediaries, which include freight forwarders, brokers and third party logistics providers have been joined by a large number of intermediaries. The main drivers of the development of these new companies are advances in information and communications technologies, the development of web-based or on-line freight transportation marketplaces and the emergence worldwide of business-to-business (B2B) electronic marketplaces and business-to-consumer (B2C) e-tailers. Advances in Information Technologies make possible many new operational paradigms and potentially enable the efficient integration of supply chains. In this paper we examine these new companies, discuss the potential benefits and costs of shifting from traditional 3PL's to these on-line service providers and illustrate the extent to which changes in the industries appear to be more of a transition than a large scale transformation.

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  • Song, Jiongjiong & Regan, A C, 2001. "Transition or Transformation? Emerging Freight Transportation Intermediaries," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt28p7z2sg, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Garrido, Rodrigo A., 2007. "Procurement of transportation services in spot markets under a double-auction scheme with elastic demand," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 41(9), pages 1067-1078, November.
    2. Regan, Amelia C. & Golob, Thomas F., 2022. "Deployment Paths of ATIS: Impact on Commercial Vehicle Operations, Private Sector Providers and the Public Sector," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt2578j4bj, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    3. van de Klundert, Joris & Otten, Bernhard, 2011. "Improving LTL truck load utilization on line," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 210(2), pages 336-343, April.

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