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Iterated Greedy Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Problem With Parcel Lockers
IEEE AccessThe growth in e-commerce sales has been constant and, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, has exceeded previous expectations. Owing to social isolation, parcel lockers - systems for goods collection - have become widely used to reduce physical contact ...
Rafael Freesz Resende Correa +3 more
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Who moves the locker? A benchmark study of alternative mobile parcel locker concepts
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2022 Stefan Schwerdfeger, Nils Boysen
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On the Impact of Open Parcel Lockers on Traffic [PDF]
Sustainability, 2021 The last-mile in the courier express parcel (CEP) sector is the most challenging part of the overall transport chain. This is, among other reasons, because many recipients are not at home when deliveries take place. On the other hand, it is for many recipients inconvenient that they have to collect their parcels at different pickup shops varying from ...
Matthias Prandtstetter +8 more
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The Externality Of Parcel Locker Service
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022 Abstract A type of e-commerce which is growing rapidly is B2C (Business-to-Customer), thus, home delivery, the delivery service that supports this activity, is also developing. As the result, there is competition between home delivery services that causes last mile segment to become fragmented.
Mia Meliaresti, null Nahry
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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021 : Delivering parcels to collection and delivery points (CDPs) is often seen as a better option compared with home delivery. However, if the demand is inhomogeneous, either the parcel locker utilization or the service level (i.e., the number of parcels ...
Maren Schnieder +2 more
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Mobile parcel lockers with individual customer service
Networks, 2023 AbstractThe ongoing growth of e‐commerce deliveries has led to a significant increase in last‐mile delivery volumes. New technologies are being investigated to provide these deliveries efficiently and in a customer‐friendly manner. A common practice is to use fixed parcel lockers (FPLs) to make deliveries independent from the presence of the customer ...
Kötschau, Rico +2 more
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Parcel Locker Applications in Turkey
Beykent Üniversitesi Fen ve Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023 Alternative delivery applications are gaining popularity today, and parcel lockers are differentiated from others as they offer different delivery location options to customers. One of the biggest problems faced by courier companies today is that customers are not always available at the place of delivery during delivery.
Kutay AKDOĞAN, Eren ÖZCEYLAN
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The Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery and Parcel Lockers
Mathematics, 2022 Customers’ expectations of timely and accurate delivery and pickup of online purchases pose a new challenge to last-mile delivery. When the goods sent to customers are not received, they must be returned to the warehouse.
Vincent F. Yu +4 more
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Location Optimization for Community Smart Parcel Lockers Based on Bilevel Programming
Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2023 With the rapid development of e-commerce and the dramatic upsurge in direct-to-consumer deliveries, the last-mile problem has become increasingly apparent.
Xia Yang +4 more
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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
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