Decision support system for collaborative freight transportation management: a tool for mixing traditional and green logistics.

In recent years, freight transportation emerged as a key factor in the development and dynamicity of countries, although it has a considerably impact on urban areas, due to the environmental issues. In this context, several stakeholders have implemented City Logistics solutions in order to make transportation more sustainable and efficient. This paper proposes a case study concerning the collaborative transportation system involving traditional and green couriers, in the city of Turin. This freight pooling is supported by a decision support system that combines the ERP “Odoo” with an algorithm for the optimization planning of routes. This decision support system is described in the second section and finally, some results obtained from its application are discussed.