Supply Chain Broker Operations: Network Perspective

A network analysis of spot-market broker operations in supply chain management is presented with a case study of a brokerage firm. By modeling the connections between brokers and vendors, users can define metrics that correlate the strategies to select the vendors with profitability, which identifies new operating policies. Profitability is affected not only by the number of interactions between brokers and vendors but also by the quality of those interactions. The quality of interactions is quantified. The extent to which this approach can yield operating policy guidelines and serve as a tool to evaluate broker performance is demonstrated.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2224-01
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Supply+Chain+Broker+Operations%3a+Network+Perspective&author=M.+Huang&author=T.+Homem-de-Mello&author=K.+Smilowitz&author=B.+Driegert&publication_year=2011
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166066.aspx
• Authors:
  • Huang, Michael
  • Homem-de-Mello, Tito
  • Smilowitz, Karen
  • Driegert, Bill
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems 2011: Modeling and Performance Measures
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2224
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Freight brokers; Freight transportation; Guidelines; Network analysis (Planning); Operations; Policy; Profitability; Supply chain management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Brokers; Vendors
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01338044
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309167352
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-1544
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 28 2011 7:01AM