The Purchasing Behavior of Public Organizations and its Impact on City Logistics

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• 作者：Susanne Balm^a ; ; Walther Ploos van Amstel^a ; Jeroen Habers^b ; Paulus Aditjandra^c ; Thomas H. Zunder^c
• 关键词：public procurement ; city logistics ; sustainable purchasing
• 刊名：Transportation Research Procedia
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：12
• 期：Complete
• 页码：252-262
• 全文大小：260 K

文摘

This paper presents three studies on public procurement and its impact on city logistics. The studies aimed to give an insight into the transport volume related to the delivery of products and services - at a university in Newcastle, two academic institutions in Amsterdam, and the municipality of Rotterdam. Furthermore, the role of the public organisations as large receivers and promoters of sustainable transport is discussed. The paper concludes that public organisations play a key role in the organisation and extent of city logistics planning, albeit they may not be making beneficial use of their impact. Key barriers are the lack of standardised logistics information in procurement information systems, and incentives that promote sustainable and efficient delivery among purchasers.