Benefits of Shared-Fleet Horizontal Logistics Collaborations: A Case Study of Patient Service Vehicles Collecting Pathology Samples in a Public Sector Healthcare Setting
Benefits of Shared-Fleet Horizontal Logistics Collaborations: A Case Study of Patient Service Vehicles Collecting Pathology Samples in a Public Sector Healthcare Setting
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10.3390/futuretransp3010011
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2023-02
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Matthew Grote;T. Cherrett;Andrew Oakey;A. Martínez-Sykora;Ismail Aydemir
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作者：
Matthew Grote;T. Cherrett;Andrew Oakey;A. Martínez-Sykora;Ismail Aydemir
基于公路的物流由于车辆的移动未满负荷而效率低下。通过共享车队合作（也称为货运联营）整合负载可以减少这种低效率，从而降低成本，车辆公里数（vkm），以及相关的排放和拥堵。利用一个重要的历史数据集的车辆运动，潜在的成本节约和环境效益的共享车队运营涉及两个公共部门组织之间的合作，整合静态（固定时间表）和动态（客户特定）的需求在医疗环境中，进行了量化。样本收集服务（SCS;将病理样本从医生的手术室运送到集中实验室进行分析）共享患者运输服务（PTS;将符合条件的非紧急患者运送到/从常规医院预约）运营的车辆的闲置容量，作为聘请外部快递公司的替代方案。结果表明，共享车队合作服务78台手术，以及平均每天24辆PTS车辆的正常患者负荷，分别降低了16%，13%和12%的成本，vkm和二氧化碳排放量。运营自营车队的公共部门组织的决策者可以采取积极寻找机会部署共享车队解决方案的政策，以提高车辆利用率，从而减少公共部门支出和道路物流的不利影响。
Road-based logistics suffer from inefficiencies due to less-than-full load vehicle movements. Consolidating loads through shared-fleet collaborations (also known as freight pooling) can reduce such inefficiencies, and thereby reduce costs, vehicle-kilometres (vkm), and related emissions and congestion. Utilising a significant historical dataset of vehicle movements, the potential cost savings and environmental benefits of a shared-fleet operation involving collaboration between two public sector organisations, integrating both static (fixed-schedule) and dynamic (client-specific) demand within a healthcare setting, were quantified. A Sample Collection Service (SCS; transporting pathology samples from doctors’ surgeries to centralised laboratories for analysis) shared spare capacity in vehicles operated by a Patient Transport Service (PTS; transporting eligible non-emergency patients to/from routine hospital appointments) as an alternative to engaging an external courier company. Results suggested that a shared-fleet collaboration servicing 78 surgeries, alongside normal patient loads in an average of 24 PTS vehicles/day, produced reductions of 16%, 13% and 12% in costs, vkm and carbon dioxide emissions, respectively. Decision-makers within public sector organisations that operate own-account vehicle fleets could pursue policies that actively seek out opportunities to deploy shared-fleet solutions to improve vehicle utilisation and therefore reduce public sector spending and the detrimental effects of road logistics.