Results 21 to 30 of about 3,707 (258)

Addressing last-mile delivery challenges by using euclidean distance-based aggregation within spherical Fuzzy group decision-making

Transportation Engineering, 2023
Optimal location selection plays a crucial role in enhancing logistic performance and addressing inefficiencies in last-mile delivery. Parcel lockers have emerged as an efficient solution in this regard.
Sarbast Moslem, Francesco Pilla
doaj   +1 more source

Downside Up:Rethinking Parcel Position for Aerial Delivery [PDF]

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020
The conventional approach to parcel placement in most delivery drone designs today is to place the parcel centrally beneath the drone's rotor plane. However, if the parcel is too large, this will result in an obstruction of the propeller slipstream, incurring significant drag.
Przemyslaw M. Kornatowski, Mir Feroskhan, William J. Stewart 0002, Dario Floreano   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Parcel-Locker-Sharing Model for E-Commerce Logistics Service Providers

Mathematics
In the e-commerce last-mile delivery process, the asset operators (logistics service providers who own parcel locker facilities) support their delivery service with parcel lockers, while the non-asset operators (logistics service providers without parcel
King-Wah Pang, Jingyi Xu, Ruixuan Jiang, Ruofan Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Method of estimation of car trips induced to pick up parcels from parcel lockers

Archives of Transport
For several years, parcel lockers have been rapidly growing in the field of delivery methods as a convenient, time-flexible way of picking up parcels.
Jan Paszkowski, Renata Żochowska
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the efficiency of a parcel locker network: a case study of variable demand and storage duration in Pardubice city

Transport Technologies
Last-mile delivery is the last element of the supply chain. It plays a key role in urban logistics processes related to the efficient and environmentally friendly transportation of goods within an urban area.
Stefan Jovčić, Libor Bauer
doaj   +1 more source

Measurement and Analysis of Vibration Levels in Stacked Small Package Shipments in Delivery Vans as a Function of Free Movement Space

Applied Sciences, 2020
In recent years there has been a very significant increase in parcel delivery shipments all over the world. Moreover, this mode of delivery, in some cases, is facing a very intensive flow of goods, such as in annual festive seasons or, for instance, in ...
Péter Böröcz, Bence Molnár
doaj   +1 more source

What Young E-Consumers Want? Forecasting Parcel Lockers Choice in Rome

Logistics, 2021
Surges in e-commerce sales represent a huge challenge for urban freight transport. Parcel lockers constitute a valid solution for addressing the challenges home deliveries imply.
Gabriele Iannaccone, Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiobjective Optimization for Planning the Service Areas of Smart Parcel Locker Facilities in Logistics Last Mile Delivery

Mathematics, 2022
The planning of the location service areas of smart parcel locker facilities became a critical aspect of logistics last mile delivery. In e-commerce, the efficiency of delivering merchandise from retailer warehouses to customers determines the ...
Zhen-Hua Che, Tzu-An Chiang, Yun-Jhen Luo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient Navigation for Parcel Delivery

Efficient Navigation for Parcel Delivery
identifier:oai:t2r2.star.titech.ac.jp ...
Osaragi, Toshihiro, Taguchi, Yuya
openaire   +3 more sources

Mobile home delivery parcel lockers

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
The demand for last-mile parcel delivery services is expected to increase. Great efforts are therefore being made to develop new ideas for more efficient last-mile delivery. One of the more recent concepts are Mobile Parcel Lockers (MPL), which can be easily repositioned to meet the actual daily demand for deliveries.
Kötschau, Rico, Scherr, Ninja, Tilk, Christian, Ehmke, Jan Fabian   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source