JSCM Video: What is the missing link between transportation and supply chain management?

Is synchromodality the answer to complex and uncertain supply chains? Our researchers explore this emerging transportation strategy.

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Editor’s note: This video is collaboration between the Journal of Supply Chain Managementand Supply Chain Management Review. Each month, we bring SCMR readers a video interview from the pages of JSCM.

In this month’s video, Davide Luzzini, Beatriz Acero Lopez and Maria Jesus Saenz discuss their research in logistics titled: Introducing synchromodality: One missing link between transportation and supply chain management.

Synchromodality may not be familiar to everyone, but it’s novel and emerging strategy that integrates the flexible use of different transport modes based on real-time information. This study looks at the four key synchromodality capabilities: Visibility, integration, multi-modal transport and flexibility.

Be sure to click on the video to learn about their conclusions. And, you can access the full article here.

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Bob Trebilcock, MMH Executive Editor and SCMR contributor
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Bob Trebilcock is the editorial director for Modern Materials Handling and an editorial advisor to Supply Chain Management Review. He has covered materials handling, technology, logistics, and supply chain topics for nearly 40 years. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at 603-852-8976.

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