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2. Traditional manufacturing supply chain management focuses on logistics of moving physical materials while service industries focus more on information flow and developing relationships with suppliers and customers.
3. The end goal for any company is satisfied customers. Supply chain design in services requires focus on efficient information flow and strong supplier relationships rather than physical logistics networks.
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1. Service industries have little need for physical inputs beyond office supplies and work with a smaller group of suppliers compared to manufacturing. Their primary inputs are labor and capital equipment to allow employees to do their work.
2. Traditional manufacturing supply chain management focuses on logistics of moving physical materials while service industries focus more on information flow and developing relationships with suppliers and customers.
3. The end goal for any company is satisfied customers. Supply chain design in services requires focus on efficient information flow and strong supplier relationships rather than physical logistics networks.
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FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH AGENDA
Rafał�Haffer
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E-mail: [email protected]
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Received revised: June 25, 2018
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measurement systems perceived and developed from the perspective of LSPs and
makes a three-fold contribution to the discussion. First, it proposes the LSP SCPMS
definition. Second, it develops a research framework that distinguishes key issues
which need consideration when examining the LSP SCPMSs, namely the LSP
advancement, the LSP SCPMS components such as applied subsystems, approaches,
ICT technologies and metrics including methods for metric selection followed by the
LSP SCPMS adoption consequences, characteristics and life cycle and finally
contextual factors constituting stimuli and barriers for the LSP SCPMS development.
Then a research agenda is presented to guide future research on the LSP SCPMSs.
This work is designed to inspire researchers to continue expanding the knowledge
about how to develop high-performing SCPMSs for different supply chain players
including LSPs.
Key words: LSP supply chain performance measurement system (LSP SCPMS),
logistics service providers (LSPs), research framework
Supply chain performance measurement system of logistics service providers. A conceptual framework…
Rafał�Haffer
86
1. INTRODUCTION
In�today’s�competitive�business�environment,�logistics�service�providers�(LSPs)�
play a critical role in the supply chains (SCs) of their customers as the operators
connecting the supply chain links. Since they affect SC performance they are
inc ...
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Course Outline
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2. Global Air Cargo Trends & Capacity Update From 2023 To 2027
3. The Regulatory Overview of Air Cargo Industry Legal and Regulatory Framework
4. Collaboration in transportation
5. Type of cargo services encompass a wide range of activities in Thailand
6. Thai Airways International Public Company Limited's (THAI) cargo
7. Enhanced Partner Identification & Connectivity (EPIC)
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1. An acknowledgement section thanking the professor for the project and an overview of what they studied.
2. An index listing the topics covered in the report such as the transportation sector in India, challenges in transportation, and a company profile.
3. An introduction defining logistics and providing an overview of the history and management of logistics. It describes how logistics has become more important over time to meet customer needs.
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In order to increase benefits of a UCC in city logistics, the delivery to the final customers from the UCC can be done using light electric freight vehicles. These LEFV provide numerous operational benefits due to their smaller size while being more sustainable than regular light commercial vans.
LEFV's have several operational limitations as well, mainly concerning their range and loading capacity. In order to successfully combine a UCC with LEFV, smaller inner city microhubs have to be added to the supply chain to provide forward bases of operation for LEFV. Goods are consolidated at the UCC, after which they are shipped to a microhub near the delivery area. From here, the LEFV's carry out the final delivery to the customer.
In this paper by Nick Heijdeman from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (project LEVV-LOGIC), the case of a coffee and vending machine supplier in Amsterdam was used to analyse the effects of using microhubs and LEFV.
This company already operates out of a UCC, in the research they added microhubs to the supply chain to see their effect. The results showed that using a microhub in the city, in conjunction with a UCC at the edge of the city, was financially more feasible scenario than just using a UCC and delivering directly from it using diesel vans. The case study concludes that in order to make a UCC financially feasible for urban deliveries, it needs to be used in conjunction with LEFV and microhubs.
This document provides an overview of logistics and its evolution. It discusses the basic concepts of logistics, including how it involves the flow of materials, information, and money between suppliers and consumers. Logistics has evolved from focusing on individual workplaces and facilities to encompassing entire corporations and global supply chains. The document also distinguishes logistics from supply chain management, noting that logistics refers to activities that connect and activate objects within a supply chain. Integrated management approaches like collaboration, enterprise extension, and integrated service providers are discussed. Finally, the document contrasts traditional anticipatory business models based on forecasts with emerging response-based models enabled by information sharing.
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Transportation Logistics Management
Transportation Logistics Management
New Challenges within Transportation and Logistics Management
1. Introduction
In a world that has fully embraced globalization and regional trade, transportation has become one of the most important businesses processes which enable effective carriage of raw materials to the manufacturers and manufactured goods to the end user. Currently, all the means of transportation are effectively used depending on the preference of the client. This crucial business process has led to the emergence of the transport logistics managers whose main role is to ensure that goods being transported reach their destination safely and on time. Over the years, transportation logistics has become one the most important process in the supply chain of any business as the key to satisfying customer demands and gaining a competitive advantage. However, the growth of the transportation and logistics industry has led to the development of new challenges over the years which continue to affect logistics management. The main challenge within the transportation and logistics management results from planning and risk management which has been caused by the changing environments within the industry. This paper seeks to investigate some of the planning and risk management challenges by answering the question; “what are the new challenges facing logistics managers and how can they be tackled?” It will outline three major challenges within transportation and logistics management and discuss probable solutions to each.
2. Literature Review
To research the challenges within transportation and logistics management, this paper will investigate the relationship between logistics management and supply chain management so as to specifically focus on the former throughout the research. This is because there is a strong relationship between transportation logistics management and the supply chains in that the former has become a critical element in supply chain management (Wang et al. 2016). The use of these terms in different resources has further expounded on this relationships forming the definition of these terms as follows: Logistics management is the act of organizing for the commercial transportation of goods or raw materials by ensuring that the transportation systems maintain an effective flow whereby the products being transported can reach the receiver safely and on time (Christopher, 2016). This activity incorporates different procedures such as recording data and information about the flow of goods, warehousing, and transportation.
According to Wang et al. (2016), it is the role of transportation and logistics managers to ensure quality handling of all the data and figures which account for daily operations and ensure that there is smooth coordination of tasks within a tran.
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Transportation Logistics Management
Transportation Logistics Management
New Challenges within Transportation and Logistics Management
1. Introduction
In a world that has fully embraced globalization and regional trade, transportation has become one of the most important businesses processes which enable effective carriage of raw materials to the manufacturers and manufactured goods to the end user. Currently, all the means of transportation are effectively used depending on the preference of the client. This crucial business process has led to the emergence of the transport logistics managers whose main role is to ensure that goods being transported reach their destination safely and on time. Over the years, transportation logistics has become one the most important process in the supply chain of any business as the key to satisfying customer demands and gaining a competitive advantage. However, the growth of the transportation and logistics industry has led to the development of new challenges over the years which continue to affect logistics management. The main challenge within the transportation and logistics management results from planning and risk management which has been caused by the changing environments within the industry. This paper seeks to investigate some of the planning and risk management challenges by answering the question; “what are the new challenges facing logistics managers and how can they be tackled?” It will outline three major challenges within transportation and logistics management and discuss probable solutions to each.
2. Literature Review
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According to Wang et al. (2016), it is the role of transportation and logistics managers to ensure quality handling of all the data and figures which account for daily operations and ensure that there is smooth coordination of tasks within a tran.
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4PL Digital Business Models in Sea Freight Logistics:
The Case of FreightHub
Tim Gruchmann 1,* , Nadine Pratt 2 , Jan Eiten 3 and Ani Melkonyan 3
1 Institute of Management and Tourism (IMT), Westcoast University of Applied Sciences, 25746 Heide, Germany
2 Competence Centre for Sustainable Development, FOM University of Applied Sciences, 45127 Essen,
Germany; nadine.pratt@fom-net.de
3 Centre for Logistics and Traffic, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany;
jan.eiten@uni-due.de (J.E.); ani.melkonyan@uni-due.de (A.M.)
* Correspondence: gruchmann@fh-westkueste.de
Received: 12 March 2020; Accepted: 11 April 2020; Published: 4 May 2020
Abstract: For years, the freight forwarding industry has been facing high levels of global competition.
Accelerating this development, new and digital competitors are entering the market, striving to
make freight logistics even faster, cheaper, and more predictable. Digitalization processes change
traditional logistics businesses, leading to more efficient, flexible, and de-centrally organized logistics
services. Sea freight operations, in particular, have the potential to better fulfill customer-specific
requirements in competitive and complex environments by integrating digital technologies. Therefore,
it is essential to understand how automating informational processes, such as freight brokering,
affect business models in the logistics service industry. The present study qualitatively analyzed
the case of FreightHub, a fourth-party logistics (4PL) sea freight agency, and compared its business
model with traditional third-party logistics (3PL) business models. Applying a digital business
model conceptualization, the present paper presents an extended framework for digital sea freight
business models. In this line, the study contributes to theory and practice by refining business model
research in the maritime transportation context, and providing managerial implications about the
opportunities and threats of a digital transition in this industry.
Keywords: digital business model; third-party logistics (3PL); fourth-party logistics (4PL); sea
freight logistics
1. Introduction
Logistics provides a necessary support for much of the current economic system. In Germany,
the transportation and storage of goods directly contributes about 7% of the gross domestic product
(GDP), and employs about 2.5 million people. Globally, this sector has been growing faster than total
GDP, as trade has expanded substantially; supply chains have become longer; and globalization has
increased. Logistics activities have evolved substantially in recent decades, which has also led to a
highly competitive market [1]. Accordingly, there is pressure to continuously improve the quality
of logistics services and to offer them at lower prices. To relieve cost pressure, freight forwarders
have attempted to break the transport process into multiple steps and to optimize each of these steps
separately, which makes coordination and integrated cooperation between the parties involved more
difficult. As a result, there is often no central contact with a complete overview of the entire transport
chain. Such separated operations and shared responsibilities promote “silo thinking” in the logistics
industry. To address such issues, new digital business models have increasingly emerged, challenging
traditional, third-party logistics (3PL) business models [2]. Particularly, platform-based business
models, such as Uber Freight [3], enable transparent, real-time, on-demand arrangements that cut
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into the domain of 3PL services. In this line, Hofmann and Osterwalder [2] predict that 3PL service
providers focusing on standard services may lose significant market shares in the near future. Similarly,
Schramm et al. [4] see a clear trend away from simply organizing transportation and logistics activities
towards the providing of information technology (IT) platforms and other value-adding services,
such as planning, analytics, and monitoring. Consequently, fourth-party logistics (4PL) business
models are coming to the fore. These 4PL providers are seen as almost asset-free integrators between
their clients and 3PLs to manage global supply chains [4,5]. While 4PL concepts and business model
innovation facilitated by digital technologies have been often addressed in extant literature [6,7], special
emphasis on sea freight services and maritime transportation is rather scant. Thus, the analysis of a
case study, which successfully implemented a digital 4PL business model, promises further insights
into the digital transformation of sea freight services. Against this background, the main objective
of the present study is to assess and compare traditional 3PL business models with disruptive 4PL
business models to better understand how the automation of informational processes, such as freight
brokering, might affect future operations in maritime transportation. Accordingly, the following
research questions (RQs) guided this study.
RQ1: What are the fundamental differences between FreightHub’s business model and a traditional
3PL business model?
RQ2: What opportunities and risks does the disruptive potential of digitalization have for sea freight
services and maritime transportation?
To answer these research questions, the authors applied a qualitative and conceptual approach of
abductive reasoning [8], structuring the present study in the following way. Section 2.1 presents an
overview on classifying services in the logistics sector, with a special emphasis on 3PL/4PL literature.
Further, we analyze conceptual and empirical literature on digital business models to give an overview
on the potential impact of digitalization and digital technologies on the logistics sector in general
(Section 2.2), and on maritime freight transport in particular (Section 2.3). This literature review in
Section 2 is followed by the case study of FreightHub in Section 3, highlighting the innovation potential
of digitization within 4PL business models. Analyzing the FreightHub case, new constructs and
business model elements are inductively explored, while constant comparisons with extant literature
are pursued in a deductive manner. As a result, Section 4 links the existing, conceptual constructs
of business model value dimensions with those empirically explored to elaborate on the effects of
automating informational processes in maritime transportation, also discussing the results within
a larger body of literature. Lastly, Section 5 draws conclusions from the findings, also showing the
limitations of this study and potential future research avenues. This project accordingly contributes to
theory, by refining business model research in the maritime transportation context, and to practice,
by giving managerial implications about the opportunities and threats of a digital transition in
this industry.
2. Literature Review
Logistics service providers constantly review their business strategies in order to provide high
quality, modern services to their customers, whose requirements are becoming more demanding in the
dynamic world. Thus, in this section, we firstly review and classify logistics business strategies based
on attributes of their operations. Further, we carry out intensive literature analysis on digital business
models in general, to apply these elements and the identified impacts of digital technologies on the
maritime transportation sector with a specification on a digital FreightHub’s business model.
2.1. Classification Scheme of Business Models of Logistics Services
In the logistics industry, business models of logistics service providers are categorized by their
service range and structure. A popular classification scheme is the 1PL to 5PL scheme [9]. Single
service (1PL) providers offer single logistics services, such as freight forwarding or warehousing.
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Second-party logistics (2PL) service providers carry out all classic logistics operations in transport,
handling, and storage. This is a typical business model for freight forwarders, sea freight carriers,
and parcel service providers. A 3PL service provider extends classic logistics to include adjacent
logistics services, such as cross docking, inventory management, and packaging design [5]. In this
respect, 3PL service providers are often companies that operate globally and, therefore, are able to
implement advanced strategies, such as decision support systems, to optimize means of transport,
routes, and capacity use. With its own assets, a 3PL service provider offers comprehensive solutions
for coordinating and integrating all members of the supply chain [10]. In addition to this, 4PL service
providers combine resources, capabilities, and technologies to create comprehensive supply chain
solutions and provide network-integrated logistics planning and consulting [11]. Thus, 4PL service
providers are often specialized consulting companies, which do not conduct any business operations
of their own (so-called non-asset owning service providers). Since a 4PL provider does not have
any logistics assets of its own (e.g., its own vehicle fleet or storage capacities), the services of other
logistics service providers (1PL, 2PL, or 3PL) are combined for customers according to their individual
requirements. As the 4PL provider operates exclusively in the areas of planning and coordinating
using modern IT solutions, customers expect high quality service at low costs [11]. In contrast, lead
logistics (5PL) service providers carry out certain operations by owning or buying physical logistics
infrastructures. Since the business model of 4PL/5PL providers is rather theoretical and has, so far,
been limited to a niche role in practice [11], it is precisely here that digitalization offers the potential for
a comprehensive digital business model to emerge. To further build on this, Tables 1 and 2 provide an
overview of selected papers on 3PL and 4PL, respectively.
Summarizing the selected papers, it can be stated that the business solutions in the logistics
industry have undergone a transformation, starting from the planning of locations and vehicle routing
(1PL) towards advanced IT (2PL), cross-docking (3PL), and advanced pooling services (4PL to 5PL) [5].
Moreover, analyzing the literature in Tables 1 and 2, one can conclude that early research on 3PL and
4PL concentrated on the operational and financial performance of outsourcing logistics services. In this
line, several studies explored criteria for selecting and evaluating logistics service providers. Just
lately, the influence of digital technologies and a focus on specific industry sectors has been fostered.
Following a similar pattern, the present study intends to contribute to a more nuanced discussion of
3PL and 4PL services by focusing on digital business models in maritime transportation beyond the
still very prominent outsourcing focus.
Table 1. Selected papers on third-party logistics (3PL).
Study Summary
Gammelgaard et al. [12]
Gammelgaard et al. [12] empirically study the role of the different parties in
logistics. They define three types of 3PL service providers: carriers, logistics
service providers, and logistics service intermediaries. The authors create a
collaborative logistics management model, which captures the different actors
and presents the information and material flows between the actors.
Halldórsson et al. [13]
Halldórsson et al. [13] examine whether environmental issues are a 3PL provider
selection criterion. Their study is based on nine cases (three 3PLs and six buyers
of 3PL services). The authors conclude that 3PL providers show an increased
interest in environmental issues on the one hand, while 3PL buyers’ decisions
continue to strongly depend on performance targets, such as price, quality,
and timely delivery.
Jayaram and Tan [14]
Jayaram and Tan [14] have found that there are differences in the performances of
companies that involve logistics providers in their operations and those that do
not. Based on survey research, their study shows that 3PL selection criteria and
relationship building positively influence company performance.
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Table 1. Cont.
Study Summary
Lai et al. [15]
Lai et al. [15] collect data from 134 3PL customers to test different hypotheses.
After their evaluation, the authors state that relationship quality plays a critical
role in logistics outsourcing relationships. They show that, through
inter-organizational relationships and integration, customers of 3PL service
providers can use their dependency on those providers to effectively improve
their financial performance.
Leuschner et al. [16]
Leuschner et al. [16] carry out a meta-analytical approach and conduct a review
of empirical literature regarding 3PL. They find that a close and collaborative
relationship between the 3PL customer and the 3PL service provider can improve
the logistics service and overall business performance. However, they note that
there are no conclusive statements in the literature regarding trust and
commitment in 3PL-supplier-buyer relationships. Trust, therefore, should be built
through safeguarding mechanisms to avoid opportunistic behavior.
Govindan and Chaudhuri [17]
Govindan and Chaudhuri [17] analyze the risks faced by logistics service
providers. For this purpose, they used a multi-criteria-decision-making approach
called the “Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory” (DEMATEL). They
find that the relationship, at distance, between the logistics provider and the
customer is a risk, and call for more collaboration and integration. It is
particularly important to build up trust, which leads directly to cooperation and
indirectly to the development of commitment.
Hofmann and Osterwalder [2]
Hofmann and Osterwalder [2] particularly look at the impact of digitalization on
3PL business models. By proposing a theoretical framework, they conclude that
logistics service providers face significant hardships from new technologies, such
as autonomous vehicles and 3D printing, as well as from platform-based business
models and the sharing economy. They further see digitalization as an
opportunity to enable forward or backward integration between 3PL customers
and their suppliers.
Singh et al. [18]
Singh et al. [18] state that logistics providers have an important role in making
cold supply chains for perishable food and pharmaceutical products more
efficient. The authors identify ten criteria (e.g., warehousing facilities, customer
service, etc.) that are suitable for the 3PL selection process. They state that 3PL
providers must work in cold chain under highly uncertain conditions and,
therefore, must develop a hybrid fuzzy approach. The results imply that a 3PL
provider should focus on continuous process improvement (e.g., by using
advanced technologies).
Table 2. Selected papers on fourth-party logistics (4PL).
Study Summary
Krakovics et al. [19]
Krakovics et al. [19] create a robust performance measurement model to evaluate
logistics operators. They consider the case of a company, which decided to
terminate its direct contract with a 3PL for operating its logistics activities and,
instead, contracted a 4PL to handle the entire outsourcing process, and to hire
and monitor the necessary 3PL services needed. As a result, efficiency indicators
(e.g., for distribution efficiency or internal storage inventory accuracy) were
defined to evaluate 3PL performance and determine 4PL goals.
Hsiao et al. [20]
Hsiao et al. [20] provide a framework to analyze the effect outsourcing various
business activities has on logistics service performance. They show that
outsourcing has no direct impact on service performance (delivery reliability,
flexibility, and lead-time). Through network and overall supply chain
optimization, however, 4PL providers could step in to deal with this demand
complexity, as they generally have superior capabilities for combining and
managing different resources.
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Table 2. Cont.
Study Summary
Hingley et al. [21]
Hingley et al. [21] conduct an exploratory qualitative study with three
participating suppliers, three logistics service providers, and one grocery retailer,
aiming to determine the general drivers and barriers that can arise when 4PL
service providers are introduced to promote horizontal collaboration. The
authors find that large 3PL service providers can deliver 4PL services. Despite the
performance benefits achieved through 4PL services, 4PL providers negatively
impact retailer-supplier collaboration. The grocery retailer would rather keep
control of the supply chain than become more cost efficient with a 4PL service.
Saglietto [22]
Saglietto [22] proposes an analysis of the 4PL community based on an empirical
study of all logistics service providers operating in France, using information
obtained from the DIANE database and selected websites. As a result, the author
presents a new taxonomy and definition of the 4PL, and states that 4PLs require
more intensive use of information technology, pooling of resources, and skilled
human capital than other logistics service providers.
Mehmann and Teuteberg [23]
Mehmann and Teuteberg [23] examine and describe the long-term
implementation of 4PL in the agricultural bulk logistics sector. The authors
identify and validate 4PL attributes with seven case studies. The key contribution
of their study lies in describing the usage, benefit, and organizational structure of
the 4PL approach with elements of the work system theory.
Schramm et al. [4]
Schramm et al. [4] analyze the potential future of the 4PL concept based on expert
opinions, with a special emphasis on digitalization. Their research follows an
explorative mixed methods approach with semi-structured interviews and an
online survey questionnaire. The authors find that IT capabilities will be an
important differentiator for 4PL providers in the future. Further, relationships
between 4PL providers and their clients can become closer and more strategic,
which leads to a customer valuing, not only direct cost reductions, but rather
improvements resulting from optimized operations through superior analysis
and planning functions.
2.2. Innovation Potential of Digital Business Models
Digitalization and digital technologies have great potential for enabling business model
innovation [7,24,25]. Several studies have analyzed how digitalization changes business models.
Three changes appear prevalent: (1) Optimization of the existing business model (e.g., efficiency gains,
cost optimization), (2) transformation of the existing business model (e.g., extension of the established
business, extended services), and (3) development of new, disruptive business models, driven by
entrepreneurial companies (e.g., new products or advanced services based on digital platforms) [7,26,27].
Digital technologies and applications that innovate business models include: The “Internet of Things”
(IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, cloud technology, digital platforms, automation,
remote monitoring, and predictive maintenance [25,28]. Capacities arising from these technologies in
the business-to-business (B2B) context are functionality, connectivity, and analytics [25]. Digitalization
can also enable a more sustainable industry [7,28]. Table 3 provides an overview of research and
scientific papers discussing digital business models (DBMs).
Table 3. Selected papers on digital business models (DBMs).
Study Summary
Porter and Heppelmann [29]
Porter and Heppelmann [29] examine how smart, connected products reshape competition
in industries and can expand industry boundaries. These products consist of three
elements: physical components, smart components (IT as an integral part of the product),
and connectivity components (additional functions in the product’s cloud and its
interaction with other devices). Smart, connected products require companies to build and
support a new technology infrastructure (“technology stack”). The authors discuss ten
strategic choices through which companies may gain competitive advantage. These
include choosing between building functionalities into the product or into the cloud,
between internal development and outsourcing of smart capabilities and infrastructures,
and between the product portfolio itself and disintermediate distribution channels and
service networks. The authors also identify pitfalls to avoid, such as adding functionalities
for which customers will not pay, underestimating security and privacy risk, or failing to
anticipate new, competitive threats with superior technology.
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Table 3. Cont.
Study Summary
Porter and Heppelmann [25]
Porter and Heppelmann [25] focus on the internal perspective and explore how smart,
connected products affect functions within companies. Core functions—such as product
development, IT, manufacturing, logistics, and marketing and sales—are affected, and new
functions—such as data organization or customer success management—emerge.
Concerning logistics, the authors state that the roots of smart, connected products are in
logistics, and, today, these allow for continuous tracking of products, their conditions,
and their surrounding environments, which bears the potential for transformation. Smart,
connected products allow companies to move from traditional ownership models to new
business models, such as the product-as-a-service model, in which customers pay for the
use of a product rather than buying the product itself. To support this new model,
companies must learn to track customer usage and satisfaction to adapt marketing and
service activities accordingly.
Ehret and Wirtz [27]
Ehret and Wirtz [27] use entrepreneurship and transaction cost theories to examine
conditions for designing non-ownership business models for the Industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT). Entrepreneurship theory, thereby, focuses on the positive form of uncertainty
upsides, and outlines opportunities for machine owners to offer assets and outputs as a
service. Transaction Cost Theory, on the other hand, stresses that IIoT opportunities enable
companies to better manage uncertainty downsides, and encourage users of machines to
give up ownership and only purchase the output. The authors identify three types of
IIoT-enabled business models: business models for asset-driven IIoT opportunities,
business models for service innovation aiding manufacturing, and service-driven business
models targeted at end users. Research gaps with respect to IIoT business models are seen
in empirical research, revealing evidence about the role of infrastructures, how best to
orchestrate human actors and machines, and how best to design the architecture of
ownership for the diverse assets needed to provide services.
Bressanelli et al. [28]
Bressanelli et al. [28] examine the role of digital technologies (IoT, big data, analytics) as
enablers of the Circular Economy (CE) in usage-focused business models. They develop a
research framework to describe how eight functionalities of digital technologies affect
value drivers for CE. The eight enabling functionalities are: improving product design,
attracting target customers, monitoring and tracking product activity, providing technical
support, providing preventive and predictive maintenance, optimizing product usage,
upgrading the product, and enhancing renovation and end-of-life activities. The research
then uses a case study to analyze how these functionalities affect the three CE value
drivers: increasing resource efficiency, extending product lifespan, and closing the loop.
The findings show that companies need to couple IoT with big data analytics to move to
CE. Moreover, four of the functionalities increase resource efficiency and extend product
lifespan in the use phase, but do not effect closing the loop. Therefore, to close the loop,
companies should focus on functionalities at the start and the end of product life. Research
gaps still exist with respect to product-focused and result-focused business models, as well
as other digital technologies.
Rachinger et al. [26]
Rachinger et al. [26] state that a research gap exists in examining how digitalization
impacts business model innovation insofar as empirical insights in this field are still
limited. Therefore, they carry out a qualitative investigation, collecting data from 12
informants working in two industries: the media and the automotive industry. In their
results, they outline the influences of digitalization on business model elements (value
proposition, value creation, value capture) and the associations with dynamic capabilities
for both industries. The findings show that digitalization is generally considered
important. It is the value proposition itself, as well as the position in the value network,
that determine the perceived available options for business model innovation when it
comes to digitalization. The study identifies organizational capacities and employee
competences as future challenges.
Annarelli et al. [30]
Annarelli et al. [30] discuss Product Service Systems (PSS) as a business model focused on
providing a marketable set of sustainable products and services to fulfill customer needs.
They analyze PSS using the Business Model Canvas and Business Model Innovation
Process. Six key elements of a PSS business models are introduced: design of the offering,
value co-creation, functional integration with partners, degree of servitization, pre-sale and
after-sale value communication, short-term and long-term commitment, and customer
retention. Digitalization can make the transition to PSS more scalable, offering gradual
servitization of value chains.
Parida et al. [7]
Parida et al. [7] propose a research agenda on leveraging digitalization for business model
innovation. Their literature review identifies five theoretical perspectives regarding digital
business models in the B2B context: resource-based view and dynamic capabilities,
transition theory, entrepreneurship, transaction cost theory, and platform theory. They also
discuss how digitalization can enable innovation across the three business model elements
of value creation, value delivery, and value capture.
Pflaum and Klötzer [31]
Pflaum and Klötzer [31] discuss strategic approaches for transforming from
product-oriented business models to data-oriented business models. They differentiate two
pathways for this transition. First, companies may digitalize their own products and
services, turning them into smart products and services. Second, companies may use
digital solutions from third parties to make corporate processes more effective, efficient,
and agile. A key consequence of transitioning toward a digital business model is that the
data produced by the smart product becomes the key asset instead of the physical product
itself. Furthermore pipeline-shaped supply-chains are replaced by data-driven and
platform-based ecosystems with multiple corporate actors.
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Regarding the previous research, DBMs are mostly described by Business Model Canvas or
business model value dimensions. The latter is used in the present study. A business model, therefore,
can be described by the design of its mechanisms for (1) value creation, (2) value delivery, and (3)
value capture [32]. Digitalization can drive innovation and broaden the options in all three value
dimensions [7,24,33]. Table 4 provides an overview of these three value dimensions for DBMs and
outlines the opportunities and risks for each dimension. Since the opportunities and risks arising
from digitalization for the different value dimensions are manifold, key aspects were selected and
grouped with a specific focus on digital B2B platform models, so they could later be applied to the
FreightHub case.
Table 4. Opportunities and risks in each value dimension for digital business models.
Value Dimensions Selected Opportunities and Risks for DBMs
Value Creation: What is offered to
the customer?
Opportunities
• New value drivers (instead of physical assets): Digital components, data
produced, data sharing, advanced services [25,30,31]
• Customization and tailor-made solutions [7]
• Changes in customer relations, e.g., continuous relationship through data
sharing, co-creation [27,28]
Risks
• Adding unnecessary functionalities, for which customers are not willing to
pay [25,29]
• Clinging to a company-centric perspective rather than adopting an
ecosystem perspective [7,33,34]
Value Delivery: How is the promised
value delivered to the customer?
Opportunities
• Greater transparency and information flow through real-time data [7,25]
• Remote monitoring and service; early warnings as well as predictive
maintenance [28,35]·
• Increased sustainability [28]
Risks
• Security and privacy risks due to shared data [29,33]
• Higher interdependencies between business actors [7]
• Insufficient digital capabilities and skills for delivering value [25,26]
Value Capture: How is the value
delivered to the customer,
transformed into revenues and profits
for the firm?
Opportunities
• Non-ownership business models and new pricing models
(e.g., subscription, pay per use) [26,27]
• Higher or new revenue streams [7,27]
• Cost efficiency and more effective risk management [7,27,31]
Risks
• IT infrastructure driving costs through upfront investment and continuous
updating [7,29]
• Inability to capture value from digital investments by not focusing enough
on value capture and focusing more on other aspects, such as growing the
customer base [7,33]
• Inflexible mechanisms in performance-based contracts, which do not offer
continuous re-negotiation of cost structures and revenue models [7]
• Imbalanced risk and revenue sharing in new collaborative models [7,27]
2.3. Digitalization in Maritime Freight Transportation
In maritime freight transportation, finding ideal container spaces on a vessel is a costly business
for shippers/charterers. Charterers, who are unfamiliar with the shipping market, often use so-called
shipping brokers, who know the market well and, therefore, can find a suitable ship with appropriate
cargo space or container sites for the charterer. Accordingly, the broker mediates transport supply and
demand. The services of brokers are, however, correspondingly expensive. Table 5 presents a summary
of the parties involved in maritime freight transportation, their responsibilities, and the documents to
be handled. Due to the large number of different actors with their various documents and contracts,
managing the documents is quite a complex process. Ensuring a continuous and seamless flow of
information in the transport chain is challenging. Often, documents are not immediately available,
and if, for example, the customs or customs clearance documents must be presented to third parties for
any reason, it can take some time for the documents to be available or to be submitted. Additionally,
if customers have questions about their shipments, some of the necessary documents are often in the
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hands of an employee from another department. If this employee is also located in a different time
zone, this makes coordination all the more difficult. [36]
Table 5. Actors in maritime freight transportation [36].
Actors Responsibilities Documents
Freight forwarder Appointing the freight carrier Forwarding contract
Carrier Carrying out shipment via road, rail, or inland waterway Contract of carriage
Seaport forwarder Determining the seaports, terminal operator, and shipping company Issue of bill of lading
Terminal operator
Handling at the port or terminal (clearance of the freight carrier,
temporary storage of goods)
Shipping company
Carrying out sea transport, crewing, maintenance, and ship repair;
if applicable, drawing up stowage plans for container ships,
ship financing
Sea freight contract, presentation of
bill of lading
Shipping broker
Brokering charterer and shipping company (or cargo space
and charterer)
Charter parties (BIMCO)
Port clearance agent
Registering and de-registering ships with the port authorities, handling
customs clearance, procuring necessary equipment and provisions, etc.
Various documents for port
authorities, customs,
and shipping company
3. FreightHub’s Business Model
4PL providers operating in a maritime context generally seek to minimize costs related with sea
freight brokering. FreightHub embarked on this endeavor, too, and currently partners with over 1000
carriers to quickly draw up offers for suitable shipping spaces without the high margins charged
by ship brokers. FreightHub provides a central platform, called Single Source of Truth Checklists
and AI (SCAI), which serves as an interface covering the complete process: requests for quotations,
booking, document management, worldwide real-time tracking of freight, proactive problem solving,
and supply chain data analysis. Thus, the entire exchange of communication and flow of information
between all involved actors is available in one place. To this end, there is a joint workspace for each
specific operation/order, in which the entire order process, including all the relevant documents and
various reports, can be displayed with maximum transparency [37,38].
With their SCAI platform, FreightHub has developed an internal system that uses new, digital
technologies to meet the demand of networked operations. The basis for efficiently organizing the
transport process and effectively communicating with the customer is a reliable database founded on
real-time information. Customers benefit from proactive communication, particularly in situations
where emerging problems can be detected and assessed in advance. This is ensured by having a single
point of contact, who accompanies the customer through the entire shipping process [37,38].
Increased transparency also reduces complexity. All the data from the internal systems,
the transport management system (TMS), the sales department, and business partners converge
in one place and are automatically processed. This prevents data silos, which can lead to duplicate
sets of data with different time stamps. It also creates very high-quality data. Every employee has
real-time access, from any location, to the entire dataset of schedules, pending tasks, and previous
communications. Information and documents, from the shipment booking to the delivery of the goods
at the final destination, can be viewed and monitored by all employees at the same time. Instead of
multiple contact persons, a central point of contact is responsible for supervising the entire transport
process, from booking to delivery, and provides assistance for each step. This not only leads to higher
employee satisfaction, but also to greater reliability and a better customer experience [37,38].
Higher quality data aggregated in a single source also enables fast and uncomplicated data
exchange and leads to agility and proactive situation analysis. FreightHub’s SCAI system, using AI,
makes accurate predictions at an early stage, which leads to proactive problem solving and, in turn,
increasingly reliable delivery performance. Among other advantages, the customer particularly benefits
from avoiding high delay charges—e.g., through warehouse overloads. Agile dispatch scheduling
further enables intelligent re-routing. In sea transport, various complications can occur at loading or
discharge ports, which can cost valuable time. In such events, it is difficult for customers to react in time.
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FreightHub continuously monitors the entire transport chain, and can prevent this from happening.
For example, if a customer’s warehouse has reached capacity, a FreightHub employee will suggest an
inexpensive inland terminal for temporary storage to avoid demurrage and detention [37,38].
Digital checklists are used to process all shipments. These checklists are special because they
are not only digitized, but also fully automated. Behind the checklists is an intelligent system
consisting of more than 80 algorithms. The data is sorted according to urgency, and the system sends
a notification if action is required. This ensures that any information requiring immediate attention
appears on the screen. The automated processes again lead to data transparency, which enables all
parties involved to work together smoothly and without complications. Based on the dual control
principle, the system permanently checks incoming data, detects any need for action, and reports this
autonomously. FreightHub states that the “most important feature, however, is [its] ability to prioritize
and assign tasks to the required hierarchical level before they reach a critical stage. In the event of
unscheduled developments, a previously defined responsible person at management level would be
notified, whereby the warning can be linked to a defined sequence of appropriate actions” [37] (p. 12).
The systematic aggregation of individual data by means of AI effectively assists risk management
along the transport chain. In addition, routine, time-consuming tasks, such as filling out forms by
hand, are no longer necessary. This makes “every day” work easier, and allows employees to focus on
the most important tasks [37,39].
SCAI also provides the option to monitor the supply chain in real time. Through real-time
updates of all shipment schedules, it is possible to track the whereabouts of each individual shipment.
Shipment tracking for sea transport is carried out via Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship
tracking. The AIS is a data exchange system introduced to improve shipping safety and enable the
exchange of data, at national and international levels, about passengers, ships entering or leaving
ports, and hazardous or environmentally harmful goods being transported by ship. The main purpose
of introducing AIS is to provide a wider range of available, continuous, and reliable navigational data.
It has become common practice to use data transmitted by AIS to increase shipping safety. Apart from
being useful for marine traffic control, AIS data can be a very important source of information for
avoiding collisions [37,40].
4. Conceptualization of a 4PL Digital Business Model in Sea Freight Logistics
4.1. Comparison of 3PL and 4PL Business Model Elements
Digitalization has a major impact on maritime freight transport. However, while logistics services
in sea freight are only a small part of an intermodal transport chain, there is a growing trend toward
consumer-oriented, door-to-door transport being managed from a central source. When comparing the
benefits of outsourcing to a 4PL service provider, such as FreightHub, with the services of a 3PL service
provider, the foremost difference is that 3PL providers do not have a complete overview of the supply
chain network. Since 3PL service providers rely on their own assets, it is in their interest to primarily
use their own resources to capacity. In contrast, 4PL service providers, like FreightHub, operate more
neutrally, and try to further reduce interfaces in the supply chain. To compare FreightHub’s 4PL
business model with those of 3PLs, Table 6 applies the business model dimensions of value creation,
value delivery, and value capture.
Considering the opportunities digitalization provides for sea freight services and maritime
transportation in a 4PL business model, the benefits go beyond purely cutting operational costs.
Nonetheless, minimizing the costs of managing operational processes, such as sea freight brokering,
is their main aim. Additionally, using supply-chain-wide resources through digital technologies
leverages the potential of comprehensive solutions, which are not achievable when managing sole
parts of the maritime transportation chain. Through advanced IT skills, 4PL business models can
facilitate even closer, strategic relationships with their customers, as well as higher degrees of supply
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chain integration and coordination. This is achieved through enhanced communication, real-time data
exchange and monitoring, and automated planning algorithms.
Table 6. Comparison of 3PL and 4PL business models.
Value Dimensions 3PL Business Models 4PL Business Models
Value Creation
Opportunities
• Offer comprehensive solutions for
coordinating and integrating all
supply chain members [10]
• Organize transportation and logistics
activities [4]
• Combine resources, capabilities, and
technologies to create comprehensive
supply chain solutions [11]
• Provide network-integrated logistics
planning and consulting [11]
• Forge closer and more strategic
relationships, which lead, not only to direct
cost reductions, but also to improvements
resulting from optimized operations
through superior analysis and planning
functions [4]
Risks
• Depend highly on other supply chain
members and engage in fiercer
competition than 4PL service
providers [41]
• Have no assets of their own, and, thus,
highly depend on 1PL to 3PL business
partners for value creation [11]
• Require a more intensive use of IT to pool
resources and higher skilled human capital
than 3PL logistics service providers [22]
Value Delivery
Opportunities
• Optimize transport, routes, and
capacity use [10]
• Break the transport chain into multiple
steps to optimize each step separately,
using their own assets or assets from
1PL and 2PL service providers [2]
• Use platforms as interfaces to cover the
complete process, particularly to foster
effective communication (central point of
contact) [37,38]
• Facilitate uncomplicated data exchange of
real-time information, in particular allowing
for proactive analyses (e.g., intelligent
re-routing) [37,38]
• Create digital checklists (algorithms) to deal
with complexity [37,38]
Risks
• Risk data silos and silo thinking [2]
• Could foster opportunistic behavior
through missing trust [16]
• Require achieving, developing, and
maintaining superior capabilities when
combining and managing different
resources [20]
• Places data confidentiality and security
at risk
Value Capture
Opportunities
• Build close and collaborative
relationships between the 3PL
customer and the 3PL service provider,
which can improve the logistics
service and overall business
performance [16]
• Minimize costs of sea freight brokering
[37,38]
• Effectively manage risk through higher data
quality, increased transparency,
and real-time monitoring [37,38]
Risks
• Make 3PL buyers’ decisions strongly
dependent on performance targets,
such as price, quality, and timely
delivery, rather than sustainability
performance [13]
• Run the risk that their missing IT
capabilities will make one 3PL service
provider indistinguishable from other
3PLs in the future [4]
• Cause buyers to be highly dependent on the
4PL service provider itself
• Necessitate high degrees of trust to
safeguard against opportunistic behavior
4PL service providers offer their customers further benefits beyond maritime transportation.
Non-core competencies in general logistics management can be delegated to 4PL service providers (e.g.,
foreign trade management, hazardous goods transportation, logistics purchasing, etc.). By leveraging
legal possibilities, for example, 4PLs can reduce the tax burden on companies. They also have the
necessary expertise to advise on certification processes. As different departments in large companies
usually purchase logistics services independently of one another, there is no transparency regarding
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the total costs incurred. By bundling logistics management through a 4PL provider, cost transparency
is regained [4,11,36].
However, outsourcing sea freight logistics to a 4PL provider also entails certain risks, which might
be higher than those related to 3PLs. Due to its complexity, a 4PL outsourcing project requires high
efforts from the outsourcing company during the planning phase. The risk of becoming dependent
on a 4PL service provider is accordingly high—driven even further by the longer-term contracts
between the 4PL and its customer. Over time, the contracting company may lose its logistics
competence. If the outsourcing company is disappointed by the 4PL service provider, whether through
a lack of identification, insufficient flexibility, or diminishing performance, the decision cannot be
swiftly reversed, and such changes are, at the least, less flexible than with 3PL service providers.
4PL outsourcing requires a high degree of trust, as the service provider has access to confidential
information. If the 4PL provider works for several customers, many companies fear that sensitive data
could be passed to competitors or that a competitor may be given preferential treatment. Ultimately,
any failings of the 4PL service provider will affect the customer.
4.2. Value Creation, Delivery, and Capture in Sea Freight Logistics
This study informs digital business model conceptualizations by examining the empirical case
of FreightHub, a 4PL service provider for maritime transportation, and applying the business model
value dimensions of value creation, value delivery, and value capture. This section will elaborate on
those dimensions for digital business models in sea freight and discuss the contribution of the study,
while its limitations, and potential options for future research are concluded in the next section.
4.2.1. Value Creation
In line with Parida et al. [7], value creation refers to what is offered to the customer. Digitalization
radically changes how value can be created. The physical product or service is no longer the main
value driver but, rather, its digital components or even only the data produced [7,25]. Moreover, digital
technologies offer to move from conventional asset-ownership to product-as-a-service models [25].
This development can already be seen in 3PL business models, in which the ownership of physical
assets, such as warehouses or trucks, is less important for offering the service. Configuring advanced
services based on digital platforms can provide significant opportunities for value creation [7,34].
Digitalization also enables customization and tailor-made solutions for customers [7]. In the FreightHub
case, the integration of supply-chain-wide resources is particularly facilitated by the digital platform.
DBMs also establish new customer relations. Customers’ roles in the value creation process become
even more important—e.g., via self-service or as a data source [7]. Customer relations is becoming
more continuous and open-ended because, for example, contracts focus on the use of the product or
because smart products that are purchased are still updated and keep sending data relevant for value
creation long after they are bought [25]. In 4PL service providers, customer relationships can be seen as
strategic, whereas, in 3PL, these relationships may be easily replaced by customers switching to another
service provider. Digitalization offers possibilities to even go even further and drive collaborative
value creation, where value is created beyond company boundaries and across networks into new
ecosystems [27,28,34]. Evaluating customer needs is, therefore, crucial so that companies will not offer
unwanted solutions, which are technically doable, but for which customers are not willing to pay [7,29].
In this line, using a 4PL provider enables cross-company supply chain optimization. This particularly
enables small- and medium-sized companies to save great amounts on their freight costs.
4.2.2. Value Delivery
Value delivery describes how activities and processes are employed to deliver the value promised
to the customer, including resources and capabilities [7]. Digitalization also critically changes how
value is delivered to the customer [7,24,26]. Digital technologies improve information flow and the
integration of service activities, while allowing for remote centralized process monitoring [7,25,35].
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In the FreightHub case, the central platform enables uncomplicated data exchange of real-time
information, creating generally higher data quality. This results in greater transparency [26,27], as well
as fewer delays and more responsive customer service [7]. Bressanelli et al. [28] further outline how
digitalization can contribute to more sustainability—e.g., by increasing resource efficiency or extending
product lifespan. Although not directly mentioned in the FreightHub case, 4PL business models may
better leverage their sustainability opportunities, as price and performance competition is less fierce.
As with value creation, digitalization drives collaboration in value delivery through storing and
sharing data. On one hand, this leads to more intensified relationships and higher interdependencies [7,27].
On the other hand, data sharing increases security and privacy risks [29,33]. Another important risk
can arise from insufficient organizational capacity in digital capabilities, and skills necessary to deliver
the value promised [25,26]. Those risks must, therefore, be tackled in 4PL business models through
sophisticated (digital) risk management.
4.2.3. Value Capture
The value capture dimension describes how a firm transforms the value delivered to customers
into revenue streams and maintains financial viability [7,32]. Digitalization offers the potential for new
pricing models, higher or new revenue streams, and cost reduction [7,24,26,27]. In the FreightHub case,
it has lowered the costs of sea freight brokering. Digitalization can enable higher and new revenue
streams via, for example, advanced services, leasing, renting, maintenance and repair, predictive
modelling, process optimization, etc. [7,26]. Ehret and Wirtz [27] outline how non-ownership models
can productively share uncertainties in manufacturing and service networks. In this line, outcome-based
service contracts connect pricing more closely to the real value created, and allow for more flexible and
customized pricing, which can be adjusted based on operational data [7]. Digital technologies can also
offer cost efficiency benefits. Lower operational costs, for instance, can be achieved through process
optimization and monitoring for cost-efficient resource allocation and enhanced capacities [7,27,31].
In addition to lower planning costs, the ability to more easily monitor delays in the schedule is one of
the main benefits of FreightHub’s 4PL business model.
However, developing the IT infrastructure is a substantial upfront investment, and updating it
over time incurs further costs [7,29]. Despite this, many DBMs seem to put more emphasis on aspects
other than value capture (e.g., growing the customer base) and seem to struggle with capturing value
from their digital investments [7,33]. Data sharing and the higher level of collaboration between
different business partners require thoughtful design, as well as continuous adaptation of the roles and
contracts in these collaborations, to avoid imbalanced risks and revenue sharing [7,27]. This is especially
true in performance-based contracts, which should offer flexible mechanisms allowing for continuous
re-negotiation of costs structures and revenue models [7]. Nonetheless, 4PL service providers enable
small- and medium-sized companies to use their own resources in a competence-oriented manner.
Because 4PL service providers bundle physical, human, and technological resources, they offer small-
and medium-sized companies the flexibility necessary to handle peak and highly volatile demands.
Small- and medium-sized companies can also convert their fixed costs into variable costs because
4PL service providers reduce the burden their customers face to provide the resources necessary for
capacity peaks.
5. Conclusions: Contribution, Limitations, and Future Research Avenues
The present study contributes to theory and practice by refining business model research in the
maritime transportation context, and providing managerial implications about the opportunities and
threats of a digital transition in this industry. However, despite its valuable insights, this study has some
limitations, which may be addressed by future research. While aiming to complete the picture of how
digital business models may impact maritime freight transportation, it was not possible to extensively
consider all parts of the SC while analyzing FreightHub’s documentation. Another limitation found in
qualitative research, is the limited number of cases, which prevents the findings from being generalized.
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This limitation is explained by small and idiosyncratic samples within case studies, where data is
predominantly non-numerical, thus leaving little chances to establish the probability that the data is
representative of some larger population, or for the other branches [42]. This limitation implies the
generalizability of the research findings being limited, which was also highlighted by Chiarini [43],
who used a case study within a SME with lean production at an early stage of application. Therefore,
future studies in other business models or organizational situations must test these results using survey
research. Additional investigations of the links between the developed conceptualization and classical
management theory will also more fully define the connections between the connections between the
constructs evaluated in this paper. Future research might also tackle the link between business models
and scenario analysis to further inform transformation pathways in this context [44].
Author Contributions: The authors designed the study jointly. T.G. and N.P. contributed mainly to theory
building, as well as to the writing of the article. J.E. also contributed to the writing of this article. A.M. developed
the initial underlying research design and contributed to the revision of the article. All authors have read and
agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding: This research received no external funding.
Acknowledgments: The authors like to sincerely thank Bastian Schwalenberg and Florian Funcke from Westcoast
University of Applied Sciences for providing their support in conducting this study.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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