Virtual collaboration in the supply chains - T-scale platform case study

Abstract

Current model of organization of supply chains results in inefficient use of transport resources, high transport costs, increasing congestions and CO 2 emission. This effect has been demonstrated by research conducted by the author as well as by the European Environmental Agency. This situation can be change by development of alternative business model for collaboration in organisation of the transport processes within the supply chains. The aim of this paper is to present practical implementation of the developed by the author T-Scale platform that enables collaboration between independent transport users and transport service providers. Moreover, an overview of existing communication platform with its major functionalities are presented. The work is summarized by the major benefits of collaboration achieved by the group of companies operating in the FMCG sector in Poland. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.