Modeling enablers for sustainable logistics collaboration integrating - Canadian and Polish perspectives

Collaboration planning is vital for achieving sustainable logistics. In this paper, we present an ISM based approach for modeling enablers for sustainable logistics collaboration integrating Canadian and Polish perspectives. Enablers can be defined as the key elements (or drivers) for achieving successful collaboration. A comprehensive literature review is conducted to identify 17 enablers for sustainable logistics collaboration. Based on these enablers, a questionnaire study is conducted with 20 logistics experts in Canada and Poland to identify their importance. Based on the aggregated expert ratings, an Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) is developed to identify the relationships among the various enablers. The results of our study show that not all enablers to sustainability collaboration between logistics partners require the same amount of attention. This classification will help Supply Chain managers to help them to focus on those variables that are most important for the transformation of collaboration between logistics partners.

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