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Transforming Last-mile Logistics [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018
Road congestion, air pollution and sustainability are increasingly important in major cities. We look to understand how last-mile deliveries in the parcel sector are impacting our roads. Using formative field work and quantitative analysis of consignment manifests and location data, we identify how the effectiveness of life-style couriers is ...
Oliver Bates   +10 more
openaire   +1 more source

Prioritizing Risks in Last Mile Delivery: A Bayesian Belief Network Approach

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
The remarkable explosion of e-commerce has marked the latest years of different industries and put forward a higher requirement for the last mile delivery.
Hajed Mismar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysing the Potential of Performing Last-Mile Bicycle Deliveries: The Perspective of Brazilian Logistics Operators

open access: yesFuture Transportation, 2023
Knowledge about the perception of stakeholders regarding the effectiveness of last-mile bicycle deliveries is essential to promote solutions at a local and national level. However, their use is an incipient solution in the Brazilian context.
Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Route Optimization for Last-Mile Distribution of Rural E-Commerce Logistics Based on Ant Colony Optimization

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
This paper aims to solve the last-mile distribution of rural e-commerce logistics (RECL) for the survival of third-party logistics enterprise. Considering the features of the RECL (long transport chain and low consumption density), A route optimization ...
Wei Liu
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Pioneering Eco-Cart: Carbon Reduction Solutions for Thai Online Shoppers

open access: yesManagement şi Marketing, 2023
This research aims to identify effective strategies for reducing carbon emissions in online shopping by examining the perspectives of Thai consumers and utilizing sociodemographic data to anticipate their choices for carbon mitigation.
Ut-Tha Veenarat
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the Integration of First-Mile and Last-Mile Drone-Based Operations from Trucks on Energy Efficiency and the Environment

open access: yesDrones, 2022
Supply chain solutions are based on first-mile and last-mile deliveries; their efficiency significantly influences the total cost of operation. Drone technologies make it possible to improve first-mile and last-mile operations, but the design and ...
Tamás Bányai
doaj   +1 more source

Last mile deliveries in the framework of urban distribution and supply chain management: review of best practices and conceptual framework

open access: yesРозвиток методів управління та господарювання на транспорті, 2021
This paper aims to investigate the impact of last mile supply chain practices on urban sustainability. An extensive review of literature has been conducted, on last mile logistics best practices, the impact of e-commerce on last mile deliveries, and the ...
Maria Aristea Bakogianni   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Out-of-home delivery in last-mile logistics: A review [PDF]

open access: yesComputers & Operations Research
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Lukas Janinhoff   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

City logistics: Towards a blockchain decision framework for collaborative parcel deliveries in micro-hubs

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2020
The growth in e-commerce has led to increased pressure within the courier, express and parcel (CEP) sector to tackle the ‘last-mile’ issue and come up with solutions that not only satisfy the customers, but also other stakeholders such as city councils ...
Marko Hribernik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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