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producer<br />

supplier<br />

contractor<br />

carrier<br />

operation<br />

processing<br />

transformation<br />

transport<br />

Fig. 50. Transport service relationship<br />

Source: own study.<br />

service relationship<br />

transport service relationship consumer<br />

customer<br />

user<br />

shipper<br />

object<br />

information<br />

person<br />

consignment<br />

erations, is no longer concluded right away. A preliminary phase of preparation<br />

allows the conception of an original and adequate technical solution before its<br />

commercial negotiation, and big transport and logistics groups have for that<br />

purpose developed an in-house consultancy capacity. When the implementation<br />

of the contract begins, a monitoring process is usually set up, so as to develop<br />

a learning process on the basis of performance indicators, problem solving<br />

and results sharing strengthening the cooperative involvement of the shipper<br />

and of the carrier in the transport control.<br />

This trend is even stronger when the content of services shifts from mere<br />

transport to more comprehensive logistics operations. Shippers show new requirements<br />

in the nature and performance of services, adequate to more sophisticated<br />

and demanding management methods such as Just-in-time, whereas carriers<br />

broaden the scope of their supply so as to meet their customers' needs.<br />

As a whole, the tightening of service relationship between shipper and carrier<br />

increase the importance of quality of service.<br />

16.4. Freight transport and quality of service<br />

usufruct<br />

monitoring<br />

ownership<br />

logistics<br />

control<br />

The issue of quality of service raises some difficulty, for its definition and for its<br />

implementation. The problem starts with the very notion of service, before considering<br />

its quality. A service is a process, it cannot be described and measured<br />

like a product: the knowledge of a service requires the description of the actual<br />

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