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Last-mile delivery in smart cities

Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Information and Communication Technology - SoICT '14, 2014
Logistics and transportation are two very aspects in smart city development. This talk is in 2 parts. First, I will discuss the challenges of urban logistics, more specifically in the context of last-mile delivery of freight into mega-cities like Singapore.
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Collaboration in the last-mile delivery

2023
Ως τελικό στάδιο της παράδοσης αναφέρεται η διαδικασία μεταφοράς των εμπορευμάτων από έναν κόμβο μεταφοράς στον τελικό προορισμό, όπου συνήθως είναι η κατοικία ή η επιχείρηση ενός πελάτη. Οι προκλήσεις που σχετίζονται με τη διαδικασία αυτή περιλαμβάνουν υψηλό κόστος, αναποτελεσματικότητα στην παράδοση των προϊόντων και περίπλοκες διαδικασίες ...
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Last-mile transport of fragmented deliveries: delivery preferences of nanostoreowners

2020
Last-mile deliveries to small, independent retailers, or nanostores, are characterized by small shipments. This is partly caused by storeowners who order with multiple suppliers at a high frequency. The purpose of this study is to identify the importance of the main delivery preferences of storeowners and how this affects last-mile deliveries.
Kin, B.D.W., Verlinde, S., Sterckx, K., Macharis, C.   +3 more
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The Value of Last-mile Delivery in Online Retail

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
Last-mile delivery, the most expensive stage of the shipment process, has become increasingly important in online retail, raising the strategic question of whether firms should outsource it to customers via pickup stations or offer home delivery. In this paper, we examine the economic value of last-mile delivery to inform this high-stakes decision ...
Zhikun Lu, Ruomeng Cui, Tianshu Sun, Lixia Wu   +3 more
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An Innovation in Last-Mile Delivery

2015
TA-Q-BIN functions in a way that is similar to the hub-and-spoke system commonly practiced in the airline industry and the logistics industry. While such ubiquitous network makes it convenient for customers to enjoy the service of TA-Q-BIN, it imposes great challenges on Yamato Transport to provide the efficient, cost-effective, and consistent service,
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Last-Mile Delivery (LMD)

Last-mile delivery (LMD) is a challenging and complex logistics function with increasing importance attributable to factors such as e-commerce development, customer demands for faster delivery services, and urbanization. As a major delivery stage influencing customer satisfaction with deliveries, delivery time of products, and logistics costs taken as ...
Benson Ruzive, Reason Masengu, Patson Chawuruka, Chenjerai Muchenje, Saurav Negi   +4 more
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The Value of Pooling in Last-Mile Delivery

2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2022
Akhil Shetty, Junjie Qin, Kameshwar Poolla, Pravin Varaiya   +3 more
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Last mile delivery in Scotland

2021
This research sets out to: develop a profile of last mile delivery in Scotland; estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from these deliveries; understand what activities are underway in other jurisdictions to reduce emissions; and collate details of commitments made by businesses to improve sustainability.
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Fleet resupply by drones for last-mile delivery

European Journal of Operational Research
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Juan C. Pina-Pardo, Daniel F. Silva, Alice E. Smith, Ricardo A. Gatica   +3 more
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Stable Matching for Crowdsourcing Last-Mile Delivery

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2023
Nian Zhang, Zhixue Liu, Feng Li 0024, Zhou Xu 0001, Zhihao Chen   +4 more
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