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Robot Routing Problem of Last-Mile Delivery in Indoor Environments

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
With the development of robot technology, trials adopting robots for last-mile delivery are continuing, and the final destination of last-mile delivery is further expanding into indoor environments.
Junsu Kim, Hosang Jung
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Sustainability Aspects of Drone-Assisted Last-Mile Delivery Systems—A Discrete Event Simulation Approach

open access: yesEnergies, 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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An Approach of Optimisation in Last Mile Delivery

open access: yes, 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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LAST MILE LOGISTICS: IMPACT OF UNSTRUCTURED ADDRESSES ON DELIVERY TIMES [PDF]

open access: yesThe 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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Customer satisfaction with last-mile delivery in Kenya: An online customer perspective

open access: yesJournal 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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A Viewpoint on the Challenges and Solutions for Driverless Last-Mile Delivery

open access: yesMachines, 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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The Last-Mile Delivery of Heavy, Bulky, Oversized Products: Literature Review and Research Agenda

open access: yes, 2023
Background: Last-mile delivery (LMD) is a challenging and costly supply chain process that involves direct customer interaction. In a recent study by the World Economic Forum, it was emphasized that last-mile logistics is an emerging research area.
Bahram Alidaee, Lutfu S. Sua, Haibo Wang
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Robot-Based Last-Mile Deliveries With Pedestrian Zones

open access: yesFrontiers 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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Last mile deliveries with lockers: formulations and algorithms [PDF]

open access: yesSoft 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 Districting Application with a Quality of Service Objective

open access: yesMathematics, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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