Lisbon’s Establishment-based Freight Survey: revealing retail establishments’ characteristics, goods ordering and delivery processes

Alho, André Romano; de Abreu e Silva, João

doi:10.1007/s12544-015-0163-7

European Transport Research Review

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Table 4 Supply chain characteristics correlations

From: Lisbon’s Establishment-based Freight Survey: revealing retail establishments’ characteristics, goods ordering and delivery processes

Variable 1	Variable 2	Correlation (V1 and V2)
Category 3 – Personal usage articles	Time gap between orders	0.417**
Category 10 – Food and drinks	Order based on visual stock inspection	0.500**
	Order based on computer stock monitoring	−0.466**
	Average time gap between order and delivery	−0.438**
	Number of small trucks^a delivering	0.579**
	Average time delivering	0.552**
	Perishable items are majority	0.537**
(Establishment) Orders daily	Origin is “company warehouse”	0.426**
(Establishment) Several orders p/ week	Hybrid Supply Chain^b	0.576**
(Establishment) Orders once per week	Origin is “company warehouse”	−0.408**
Establishment-based Fleet	Own vehicles deliver	0.534**
Establishment-based Fleet	Establishment defines deliveries	0.419**
Urgency	Deliveries by 3PL	0.454**
	Origin is “wholesaler” / is “producer”	−0.511 / 0.531
	Average delivery time by light goods vehicle	−0.448**
3PL delivers	3PL / establishment defines delivery time/day	0.583 / −0.485
3PL delivers	Origin “producer”	0.488**
Wholesaler delivers	Wholesaler defines delivery time/day	0.797**
Establishment fleet delivers	Establishment/ 3PL defines delivery time/day	0.652 / −0.541
	Decentralized supply chain^c	−0.405**
	Deliveries between unrelated establishments	−0.463**
	Only deliveries to own establishment	0.563**
	Origin “company warehouse”	0.401**
Wholesaler delivers	Origin “wholesaler”	0.421**
3PL defines deliveries	Origin “producer”	0.412**
Establishment defines deliveries	Only deliveries to own establishment	0.424**
Time gap between orders	Time gap between order and delivery	0.546**
	Delivering vehicles	−0.620**
	Total delivery time	−0.506**
	Total delivery time (time gap = 1 day)	0.495**
Order based on visual stock inspection	Perishable items are majority	0.409**
Time gap between deliveries	Delivering vehicles	−0.436**
Decentralized Supply Chain	Deliveries between unrelated establishments	0.507**
	Only deliveries to own establishment	−0.414**
	Origin “Company Warehouse”	−0.507**
Centralized Supply Chain^d	Deliveries between unrelated establishments	−0.484**
	Only deliveries to own establishment	0.405**
	Origin “Company Warehouse”	0.544**
Origin “producer”	Refrigerated items are majority	0.408**
Deliveries with “small truck”	Perishable items are majority	0.480**
Refrigerated items are majority	Perishable items are majority	0.606**

**correlations significant at 0.01 level; *correlations significant at 0.05 level
^a3.5 T < Gross Weight < 7.5 T
^bMost core goods from centralized supply chain, remaining from decentralized
^cDeliveries from multiple suppliers or dispatch points
^dDeliveries from single supplier or dispatch point

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