| dc.description.abstract | Supply chains continuously face pressure to increase efficiency and differentiation to support business
continuity. A not yet fully explored way to face this challenge is coopetition, where two competitor
companies decide to partner on specific functions to get benefits and differentiate themselves from
other companies. This project uses data from two world-renowned food manufacturing companies in
Brazil as a case study to evaluate the quantitative benefits of the coopetition approach in terms of
transportation cost, CO2 emissions, and service level. Using a simulation model, this study demonstrates
that the supply chain coopetition can drive importantbusiness advantages. This research also shows that
if companies adhere to the coopetition approach without implementing collaborative policies, the
overall costs, CO2 emissions, and service level benefits are approximately around 5%, which may not be
enough to motivate the companies to get onboard. Therefore, the study proposes policies that can
leverage the reduction of outbound transportation costs up to 25%, the decreasesin average lead time
up to 10%, and the drop in total CO2 emissions up to 23%. | en_US |
