Benefits and Barriers of Supply Chain Integration: Empirical Analysis of Liner Shipping

This paper aims to analyze the level of supply chain integration in liner shipping and test its relationship with supply chain value. It also aims to examine the barriers and problems to establish and maintain a partnership or collaboration among the members in a supply chain. Recommendations will be given on how to overcome these obstacles. Empirical investigation was conducted via semi–structured interviews which targeted professionals from the top 30 shipping lines. This paper estimates ordered probit/logit models to examine the relationship between the level of integration with supply chain members and the supply chain value, and find a positive relationship. Customer service and inventory management are the two most significant areas in affecting supply chain value. Findings reveal that individualism is a major obstacle to supply chain integration. The paper presents an original modeling approach and an empirical investigation based on theoretic foundation in estimating the effects of supply chain integration with the focus on shipping.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTL.2013.050553
• Record URL:
  http://inderscience.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=R201731H322U4863
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 13-30
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1756-6517
  • EISSN: 1756-6525
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijstl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containers; Customer service; Empirical methods; Logits; Partnerships; Ship lines; Supply chain management; Terminal operations
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01474009
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 2013 4:36PM