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Capturing Untapped Transportation Demand in Logistics Networks

Ashish Patil, Senior Program Manager: Supply Chain Planning and Analytics ashish.patil1403@gmail.com,

 Uday Dhembare, Business Intelligence Manager: Supply Chain Analytics uday.dhembare@gmail.com

Abstract The unprecedented growth in e-commerce has increased the pressure on logistics systems, making optimization of resources such as drivers, trucks, trailers, and reverse logistics imperative. This paper extensively explores the importance of enhancing logistics efficiency through strategic capture of untapped market opportunities. It specifically discusses opportunities provided by DAT load boards, inbound vendor logistics, third-party logistics collaborations, comprehensive transportation solutions, and parcel delivery services. Solutions for capturing these opportunities are analyzed in detail, supplemented by illustrative case studies, implementation examples, pseudo-code demonstrations, application of operations research, potential barriers, and future trends..

Keywords:

Logistics Optimization, Trailer Utilization, Reverse Logistics, DAT Load Boards, Third-party Logistics, Parcel Delivery, Supply Chain Management

DOI: 10.55041/ISJEM00120