Eirill Bø

Bø, Eirill (2020)

Transparency Issues Within a Transport Buyer and Provider Relationship

Dwivedi, Ashish & Alshamrani, Mohammed Saad (red.). Leadership Strategies for Global Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets

Transport is an important function in the supply chain. This chapter focuses on how to buy a transport service, how to form a transport contract, and how a transparent relationship will influence the risk and the relationship between transport provider and buyer. By developing a decision support tool (DST-model) and calculating the cost and the time parameters, the right price and the cost drivers will appear. The cases described in this chapter are a large Norwegian wholesaler for food, distribution to the retailer, and two Norwegian municipalities collecting household waste. In these cases, the buyer and the provider are acting blind in setting the transport price. This means that there is a huge risk for either a bankruptcy by the transport provider or an overpriced transport for the buyer.

Bø, Eirill & Baxter, John (2020)

Transparency as a Driver for Logistical Efficiency in WEEE Collection and Transport

Logistics, 4(14) Doi: 10.3390/logistics4030014

Inefficiency in complex reverse-logistical operations, such as the collection and transport of various wastes, can often be traced to two related factors. Adversarial and arms-length relationships between service providers and customers are commonplace, alongside surprisingly limited understanding of the cost base. This study investigated transparency and shared understanding as drivers for higher efficiency and lower costs. Observation and intervention in contractual negotiations was combined with analyses of cost and sensitivity, and a post-contractual transparency exercise with bidders where findings were shared with all parties. The work yielded both immediate efficiency gains and a longer-term infrastructure for cost evaluation and negotiation. Ongoing work is extending the approach into yet more complex and broader areas of municipal waste management.

Bø, Eirill & Baxter, John (2017)

The effects of geographical, operational and service parameters on WEEE transport networks

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 20(4), s. 342- 358. Doi: 10.1080/13675567.2016.1255718

Bø, Eirill; Hammervoll, Trond & Tvedt, Kjetil (2013)

Environmental impact of refillable vs. non-refillable plastic beverage bottles in Norway

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD), 12(4), s. 379- 395. Doi: 10.1504/IJESD.2013.056343

Bø, Eirill & Grønland, Stein Erik (2012)

Increased cooperation in the supply chains - how to reduce the need for transportation?

Dreyer, Heidi Carin & Foss, Trond (red.). Intelligent goods in transport system

Bø, Eirill; Grønland, Stein Erik & Jahre, Marianne (2018)

Forsyningskjeder og logistikk

[Textbook]. Fagbokforlaget.

Bø, Eirill; Flygansvær, Bente Merete & Hammervold, Trond (2016)

The impact of different waste collection systems on carbon footprint

[Academic lecture]. IMP Asia.

Bø, Eirill (2016)

Logistikk - kort og godt

[Textbook]. Universitetsforlaget.

Bø, Eirill (2014)

Moderne transportlogistikk

[Textbook]. Fagbokforlaget.

Nygaard, Arne; Gripsrud, Geir & Bø, Eirill (2013)

Ledelse av Forsyningskjeder

[Textbook]. Fagbokforlaget.