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Moving towards “mobile warehouse”: Last-mile logistics during COVID-19 and beyond [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2021
Supply chains in general and last-mile logistics in particular, have been disrupted due to COVID-19. Though several innovative last-mile logistics solutions have been proposed in the past, they possess certain limitations, especially during COVID-19 ...
S. Srivatsa Srinivas, Rahul R. Marathe
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Last-mile logistics with alternative delivery locations: A systematic literature review

open access: yesResults in Engineering
Last-mile logistics plays a crucial role in modern supply chains, particularly in the retail industry. Despite its vital role in ensuring timely delivery to end-users, it is often considered the most expensive and ineffective segment of the logistics ...
Nima Pourmohammadreza   +2 more
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Assessing the e-commerce last-mile logistics’ hidden risk hurdles

open access: yesCleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
Due to increasing last-mile logistics complexity, the e-commerce business's last-mile delivery has emerged as an imperative issue that impedes the advancement of contemporary last-mile logistics practices.
Rohit Raj   +4 more
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Real-Time Decision Making in First Mile and Last Mile Logistics: How Smart Scheduling Affects Energy Efficiency of Hyperconnected Supply Chain Solutions

open access: yesEnergies, 2018
Energy efficiency and environmental issues have been largely neglected in logistics. In a traditional supply chain, the objective of improving energy efficiency is targeted at the level of single parts of the value making chain. Industry 4.0 technologies
Tamás Bányai
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Edge Intelligence in Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Logistics

open access: yesIEEE Access
The last-mile delivery phase, the final stage where goods move from a distribution center to customers, is pivotal, but faces significant inefficiencies and high costs due to its complexity.
Joao Reis
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Personal Shopper Systems in Last-Mile Logistics [PDF]

open access: yesService Science, 2023
This paper explores the logistics operations of instant grocery delivery services. Therefore, we introduce the instant delivery problem (IDP) to replicate and examine two widely adopted strategies in the rapid delivery market: the personal shopper system (PSS) and the inventory owned delivery (IOD) system.
Jelmer Pier van der Gaast   +1 more
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Smart Logistics—Sustainable Technological Innovations in Customer Service at the Last-Mile Stage: The Polish Perspective

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
The present day is marked by the economic expansiveness of societies and the adoption and adaptation of intelligent technologies. In this hyper-world, customers expect a personalized offer enhanced with customized service, which results in the ...
Katarzyna Kolasińska-Morawska   +4 more
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Characterization and Design for Last Mile Logistics: A Review of the State of the Art and Future Directions

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
One of the most challenging problems in last mile logistics (LML) has been the strategic delivery due to various market risks and opportunities.
Hyeong Suk Na   +2 more
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Use of artificial intelligence in last mile delivery [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2021
Research background: Artificial intelligence is a term that is now known to almost everyone and is among the trends and innovations of Industry 4.0 for 2020. It is a much-discussed topic in the field of technology.
Jucha Peter
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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
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