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Energies, 2023 The goal of this article is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the application of drones in last-mile delivery systems from a sustainability point of view regarding CO2 emissions and energy consumption.
Boglárka Eisinger Balassa +3 more
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LAST MILE LOGISTICS: IMPACT OF UNSTRUCTURED ADDRESSES ON DELIVERY TIMES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 The e-commerce industry has seen significant growth over the past few years. One significant issue that has sprung up as a result of this growth is unstructured addresses during last mile delivery.
M. Abdul Rahman +4 more
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An Approach of Optimisation in Last Mile Delivery
, 2023 This research has been supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation through project no. 451-03-47/2023-01/200156 “Innovative scientific and artistic research from the FTS (activity) domain”
Dragan Simic +5 more
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A Viewpoint on the Challenges and Solutions for Driverless Last-Mile Delivery
Machines, 2022 The occurring growth in e-commerce comes along with an increasing number of first-time delivery failures due to the customer’s absence at the delivery location.
Vasiliki Balaska +6 more
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Customer satisfaction with last-mile delivery in Kenya: An online customer perspective
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2023 Background: An effective and efficient last-mile delivery service plays a critical role towards the growth of global online retail sales. In Kenya, online customers have often been unwilling to shop online again, mainly because of delivery issues ...
Eric Mogire +2 more
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Robot-Based Last-Mile Deliveries With Pedestrian Zones
Frontiers in Future Transportation, 2022 Since delivery robots share sidewalks with pedestrians, it may be beneficial to choose paths for them that avoid zones with high pedestrian density. In this paper, we investigate a robot-based last-mile delivery problem considering path flexibility given
Iurii Bakach +2 more
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A Districting Application with a Quality of Service Objective
Mathematics, 2021 E-commerce sales have led to a considerable increase in the demand for last-mile delivery companies, revealing several problems in their logistics processes. Among these problems, are not meeting delivery deadlines.
Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Jordi Pereira
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Last mile deliveries with lockers: formulations and algorithms [PDF]
Soft Computing, 2021 Abstract In this paper we consider the use of lockers in parcel delivery, a recent method used in the last mile logistics. Lockers are pick up points made of several cells that are located in several points of a city where customers can collect their parcels as an alternative to home delivery.
Giovanni Buzzega, Stefano Novellani
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A comparative analysis of last mile delivery in Kenya’s online retail subsector [PDF]
The Retail and Marketing ReviewSuccess in online retailing depends on effective and efficient last mile delivery. Although online retailing in Kenya has considerable potential to ensure sustainable trade and economic growth, progress in this subsector has been inhibited by several ...
Eric Mogire, Peter Kilbourn, Rose Luke
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Last-Mile Delivery Considering Backhauls
IEEE Access, 2021 Utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for delivery service has been drawing attention in the logistics industry. Since commercial unmanned aerial vehicles have fundamental limitations on payloads and battery capacities, hybrid ground vehicle and unmanned ...
Ahram Jeon +5 more
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