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Measuring Disruptions in Last-Mile Delivery Operations [PDF]

Logistics, 2021
The rapid growth of urbanisation and e-commerce has increased the number of home deliveries that need to be made in retail operations. Consequently, there is also an increase in unexpected incidents, such as adverse traffic, unavailability of parking ...
Andrés Muñoz-Villamizar, Elyn L. Solano-Charris, Lorena Reyes-Rubiano, Javier Faulin   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery: A Multi-Criteria Approach with Automated Smart Lockers, Capillary Distribution and Crowdshipping

Logistics
Background: This publication presents a review, multiple criteria optimization models, and a practical example pertaining to the integration of automated smart locker systems, capillary distribution networks, crowdshipping, last-mile delivery and supply ...
Bartosz Sawik
doaj   +3 more sources

Data-driven optimization for last-mile delivery [PDF]

Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021
This paper considers how an online food delivery platform can improve last-mile delivery services’ performance using multi-source data. The delivery time is one critical but uncertain factor for online platforms that also regarded as the main challenges ...
Hongrui Chu, Wensi Zhang, Pengfei Bai, Yahong Chen   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Last-Mile Drone Delivery: Past, Present, and Future

Drones, 2023
Sustainable green products and services garner more attention from companies and enterprises that aim to succeed and grow in highly competitive markets by imposing less harms on the environment and ecosystems.
Hossein Eskandaripour, Enkhsaikhan Boldsaikhan   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Analysis of logistics measures of CEP service providers for the last-mile delivery in small- and medium-sized cities: A case study for the Aachen city region

European Transport Research Review
The e-commerce sector’s rapid expansion has led to an increase in delivery activities both within and across cities, fuelling the growth of the courier, express, and parcel (CEP) services.
Abdulrahmon Ghazal, Santhanakrishnan Narayanan, Ibraheem Oluwatosin Adeniran, Carina Kehrt, Constantinos Antoniou   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Last-mile delivery increases vaccine uptake in Sierra Leone. [PDF]

Nature
Less than 30% of people in Africa received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine even 18 months after vaccine development1. Here, motivated by the observation that residents of remote, rural areas of Sierra Leone faced severe access difficulties2, we conducted ...
Meriggi NF, Voors M, Levine M, Ramakrishna V, Kangbai DM, Rozelle M, Tyler E, Kallon S, Nabieu J, Cundy S, Mobarak AM.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Autonomous last-mile delivery robots: a literature review

European Transport Research Review
This literature review investigates how self-driving autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) impact last-mile deliveries, add value to the logistics and transport industry, and contribute to creating competitive business models. Autonomous vehicles are still a
Elin Alverhed, Simon Hellgren, Hanna Isaksson, Lisa Olsson, Hanna Palmqvist, Jonas Flodén   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Electric Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery: A Bibliometric Review

World Electric Vehicle Journal
The rapid growth in e-commerce calls for research on the potential of electric vehicles in improving last-mile delivery. Whereas existing studies have examined aspects of last-mile delivery, such as challenges, acceptance/benefits, and feasibility, the ...
Eric Mogire, Peter Kilbourn, Rose Luke
doaj   +2 more sources

Last mile at the center of immunization delivery [PDF]

Frontiers in Epidemiology
While advances in immunization led to major reductions in vaccine-preventable diseases in the past four decades, large gaps remain in the delivery of immunization services.
Grace Umutesi, Sara Rendell, Sara Rendell, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Ruanne V. Barnabas   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Integrating Autonomous Vehicles and Drones for Last-Mile Delivery: A Routing Problem with Two Types of Drones and Multiple Visits

Drones
With the growing demand for delivery services and the escalating labor costs, much effort has been made to achieve faster and cost-efficient delivery. A promising emerging strategy involves the integration of autonomous delivery vehicles or drones into ...
Jili Kong, Minhui Xie, Hao Wang
doaj   +2 more sources