D3.2 Drivers and barriers of collaboration in logistics networks

ADMIRAL seeks to develop and pilot AI-driven solutions for managing logistics supply chains to reduce transport and logistics emissions and to increase transparency, resilience, and stakeholder cooperation. This deliverable reports the results of the Task 3.2 - Drivers, barriers, legislation and contractual boundaries towards horizontal collaboration - carried out in the project’s Work Package 3 - Business models for sustainable transports. The primary aim of Deliverable 3.2 is to identify and propose strategies for designing the ADMIRAL Marketplace to effectively overcome common collaboration barriers - built as collaborative by design and maximize the expected project impact. To identify and propose strategies, a two-way approach was followed: “Desktop research” to identify the key characteristics (barriers, drivers, and strategies) of horizontal and vertical collaboration in logistics, highlighting the strategies with the highest potential to enhance environmental sustainability, and “Co-definition workshops” carried out with the project pilots to confirm the literature findings and tailor them to the specific needs of the ADMIRAL Marketplace. As a result, specific strategies have been proposed to address recurring logistics collaboration barriers and ensure the successful operation of the Marketplace.