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Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 April 2024) | Viewed by 3642

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kristina Čižiūnienė

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Faculty of Transport Engineering, Department of Logistics and Transport Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Plytinės St. 25, 10105 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: logistics; optimization; transportation; transport engineering; supply chain; sustainability; human resources management; routing
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Dr. Jonas Matijosius

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Institute of Mechanical Science, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Plytinės Str. 25, LT-10105 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: transportation; routing; transport ecology; mechanical systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable transportation is an aspiration of every company and country. However, in order to ensure the basic principle of logistics "just in time", it is necessary to evaluate many factors related to route planning, customer needs, and other issues related to transportation. In this case, sustainable transportation is inseparable from timely logistical supply chain management, where the most important indicator is the appropriate selection of transport, as well as the entire successful organization and management of the transportation process. This principle of sustainable transportation also includes the concept of green logistics, where sustainable solutions are aimed at saving the environment and available resources. In order to realize the set goals of sustainable transportation, it is necessary to apply innovative managerial and organizational solutions related to the optimization of activities, risk management, and the modelling of certain situations or tasks.

Therefore, this Special Issue on Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects will aim to collate the best relevant research on this topic.

We invite you to contribute to this issue by providing detailed reviews, case studies, or research articles. Articles selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer-review process in order to rapidly and widely disseminate research findings, developments, and applications.

Dr. Kristina Čižiūnienė
Dr. Jonas Matijosius
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • supply chain management
  • optimization
  • routing
  • modelling
  • challenges and problems in intermodal transport
  • new technologies
  • transport corridors
  • passenger transportation
  • environmental pollution management
  • green logistic

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Improving the Quality of Warehousing Processes in the Context of the Logistics Sector
by Nijolė Batarlienė and Aldona Jarašūnienė
Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2595; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062595 - 21 Mar 2024
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Logistics processes play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the supply chain, and warehouse management is one of the key logistics activities of invaluable significance. To evaluate the management principles of companies, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze their functions, [...] Read more.
Logistics processes play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the supply chain, and warehouse management is one of the key logistics activities of invaluable significance. To evaluate the management principles of companies, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze their functions, operational standards, and quality requirements. One of the most common strategies in modern businesses is quality improvement. Insufficient quality can lead to competitive disadvantages and have negative consequences for companies that do not prioritize quality and neglect their services and products, resulting in a loss of customer loyalty and revenue. Effective warehouse management is critically important for companies to meet consumer needs, reduce costs, and gain a competitive advantage. Conducting qualitative research is necessary in order to learn how to properly organize warehouse management within companies, which will also help to identify key issues and determine areas for change. This article consists of a theoretical section that analyzes the scientific literature on the quality of warehouse process management in the logistics sector. It examines theoretical aspects of logistics processes and quality assurance in company management, including the implementation of systems that ensure quality in warehouse processes and logistics process management. The subsequent sections describe the research methods applied, evaluate the results of warehouse management quality, and provide insights and recommendations. Full article
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Estimating the Intensity of Cargo Flows in Warehouses by Applying Guanxi Principles
by Veslav Kuranovič, Edgar Sokolovskij, Darius Bazaras, Aldona Jarašūnienė and Kristina Čižiūnienė
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16226; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316226 - 23 Nov 2023
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Proper supply chain management helps to ensure business continuity considering the increased importance of globalization. Logistics processes play an important role in keeping the supply chain running smoothly, and warehouse management is one of the most important logistics activities. The movement of freight [...] Read more.
Proper supply chain management helps to ensure business continuity considering the increased importance of globalization. Logistics processes play an important role in keeping the supply chain running smoothly, and warehouse management is one of the most important logistics activities. The movement of freight flows in the supply chain poses many challenges to the arrangement of sustainable processes at the international level. The stopping of these flows at warehouses and/or terminals temporarily and/or for longer periods of time is yet another challenge. In this respect, a number of analyses and studies have been conducted in the scientific literature to identify the most serious and frequent problems: lack of planning of work activities, partial accounting of the work performed, lack of timely accounting of the internal movement of goods within the warehouse, absence of a spare-parts management system, etc. On the other hand, warehousing processes have been analysed to identify certain efficiency gaps in freight flows within warehouses; thus, this article addresses this problem by applying guanxi principles. Using guanxi theory and practice to test various assumptions for efficient freight flow movement in warehouses, a study was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods and expert judgment. Based on the results of the conducted empirical studies, guanxi philosophy can be concluded to have an impact on the efficient management of warehouse processes when goods are removed from a warehouse over 365 days with an annual daily loading flow rate of 103,490 t/m and a loading density of 280 kg/m3. This indicates that the application of guanxi principles is important, which reflects the intensity of the logistics processes of cargo flows and transport dynamics between guanxi and warehouse optimization. Full article
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Contrasts in Sustainability between Hub-Based and Point-to-Point Airline Networks
by Morton E. O’Kelly and Yongha Park
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 15111; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015111 - 20 Oct 2023
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Airline hubs are often defined as nodes with a high degree of connectivity. Connectivity is measured by the “degree” of the node. The degree distribution of hub networks tends to have a convex shape (curved towards the origin), while point-to-point networks have a [...] Read more.
Airline hubs are often defined as nodes with a high degree of connectivity. Connectivity is measured by the “degree” of the node. The degree distribution of hub networks tends to have a convex shape (curved towards the origin), while point-to-point networks have a higher number of high-degree nodes and a concave shape. This study aims to classify airline networks based on their hub orientation, expanding our understanding of network differences. The analysis in this paper involves fitting a power-law distribution, determining the range of degree distribution, and calculating the distribution of betweenness. These analyses provide insight into the classification of each airline. Each measurement helps to clarify the ambiguity in other scores. The goal is to establish a small set of rules that can clearly distinguish between the main types of networks. The classification includes four types of networks: One-hub, P2P (point-to-point), Multi-hub, and Complex networks. There is a well-recognized empirical distinction between hub networks, which have a few places with large betweenness, and point-to-point cases, which have a larger number of places with moderate betweenness. The significance of these results in terms of geographic importance is demonstrated by sorting 284 different airline networks based on these dimensions. These findings are expected to provide valuable information about the resilience and recovery of a network, as networks with many long-range connections are particularly vulnerable to a decrease in traffic. Additionally, these results have implications for the ability of networks to recover from a downturn. Full article
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Model of Multi Criteria Decision-Making for Selection of Transportation Alternatives on the Base of Transport Needs Hierarchy Framework and Application of Petri Net
by Igor Kabashkin
Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12444; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612444 - 16 Aug 2023
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The article presents an approach for choosing alternative transport routes in a multimodal transport system. This approach includes (1) the transportation needs hierarchy method and (2) the Evaluation of Petri Nets (E-nets) as a modeling tool. The purpose of the study is to [...] Read more.
The article presents an approach for choosing alternative transport routes in a multimodal transport system. This approach includes (1) the transportation needs hierarchy method and (2) the Evaluation of Petri Nets (E-nets) as a modeling tool. The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for choosing alternative routes for the transportation of goods, taking into account the criteria used by decision-makers. The structure of the hierarchy of transport needs is proposed, which consists of five levels: geographical, economic, institutional/political, infrastructural, and technological. For each of the levels, sets of indicators characterizing it are proposed. The Petri net model captures system dynamics and allows the evaluation of alternative routes. A set of standard rules for transforming the structure of the hierarchy of transport needs into a Petri net is proposed, considering preference parameters for each level of the hierarchy. The proposed approach and the models built on its basis can be applied in the field of cargo transportation to improve operational efficiency and improve decision-making results. Full article
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