Att ta beslut för varusamordning mot glesbygd : Intervjustudie mot svenska glesbygdsområden

Sammanfattning: Background: To reach the global goals of 2030, changes need to be maderegarding how decision makers decide to freight their goods. In Sweden,road traffic is held accountable for 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions.To help solve the problem with vast distances in Sweden's rural areas,scientists have researched the possibility of coordinating the transports.The research has shown that transports receive a more appropriate fill rate,lower transportation costs, and because of those two factors, lowered theircarbon dioxide emissions. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to lay a scientific foundation andpresent an example of a decision model. The decision model mainly aimstowards decision makers in rural municipalities but also companies thatwork toward these rural areas.  Methodology: This research undertook a qualitative research approach inan exploratory method. In order to ensure that the criteria’s and the prosand cons with coordinating freight transports the researchers interviewedkey persons for the rural municipalities in a semi structured or structurednature. Findings: The study has found the most relevant pros and cons with acoordination of freight transports and the criteria’s needed to build anexample of a decision model.  Conclusions: The theoretical and empirical data has been similar in many,but one stands out, and that is the increase of lead times as a negativefactor the rural areas, because of the coordination. The citizens andcompanies these rural areas are more interested in consistency andreliability. The study concluded the necessary criteria’s needed to build thedecision model.