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An Unmanned Smart Parcel Locker System with a Parcel Sterilizer
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2021Parcel loss and personal information leakage involved thereof is a critical issue. Existing parcel lockers involve the need to share the password between two. This study suggests a double-security smart parcel locker to keep parcel safe from the risk of loss and personal information leakage by using parcel invoice bar-codes as well as the near field ...
Min-Hye Lee, Tae-Soo Yu, Soon-Ja Lim
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Crowdsourced last-mile delivery with parcel lockers
International Journal of Production Economics, 2022Crowdshipping is increasingly known as a sustainable solution to address the challenges of last mile delivery (LMD) in urban areas. While employing the crowd to perform LMD appears to be an operationally and financially appealing model, it comes with several challenges in practice, including low willingness to participate in delivery work due to low ...
Hadi Ghaderi +3 more
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A parcel network flow approach for joint delivery networks using parcel lockers
International Journal of Production Research, 2020Current courier networks in metropolitan areas are characterised by utilising fleets of vans that perform collection and distribution routes independently.
Shichang Pan +3 more
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Understanding Portuguese Users of Parcel Locker Services
2024 28th International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)The rise of e-commerce, greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a need for more efficient and dependable delivery methods. As a result, alternative delivery points, such as parcel lockers, are being explored as effective solutions for distributing e-commerce products.
Marta Ferreira +6 more
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Multi-functional Parcel Delivery Locker system
2015 International Conference on Computer and Computational Sciences (ICCCS), 2015As a product in the field of electronic information technology, the new-concept Multi-functional Parcel Delivery Locker (MFPDL) mainly utilizes C51 MCU and GSM/GPRS modules to send customers SMS with passwords, by which they can be validated to get their parcete.
Sun Ze-hong, Zhao Guang-yuan
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2020
Because of the development of the parcel business, innovative last-mile delivery solutions are growing in importance. Missed home delivery attempts are costly for parcel delivery service providers and inconvenient for the addressees. Parcel lockers for depositing and collecting parcels and small packages seem to be a possible solution.
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Because of the development of the parcel business, innovative last-mile delivery solutions are growing in importance. Missed home delivery attempts are costly for parcel delivery service providers and inconvenient for the addressees. Parcel lockers for depositing and collecting parcels and small packages seem to be a possible solution.
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Queueing Analysis of Home Delivery Services with Parcel Lockers
2019Nowadays, Parcel Delivery Service (PDS) has become popular due to the popularization of Electric Commerce (EC). The redelivery problem has also become serious due to the absence of receivers and the courier must deliver again at a later time. The increase in the number of redeliveries causes social losses such as extra workload of delivery, carbon ...
Shinto Hideyama +2 more
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A parcel locker network as a solution to the logistics last mile problem
International Journal of Production Research, 2017We consider the problem of designing a parcel locker network as a solution to the Logistics Last Mile Problem: Choosing the optimal number, locations, and sizes of parcel locekers facilities.
Yael Deutsch, Boaz Golany
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Parcel locker stations: A solution for the last mile?
2021Postal outlets and parcel shops are increasingly complemented by parcel locker stations. This paper explores the potential reasons for varying trends in the use of parcel locker stations in Europe and discusses the role of parcel locker stations in e-commerce delivery.
Niederprüm, Antonia +1 more
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The Deployment of Automated Parcel Lockers in Urban Logistics
This chapter reviews the notion of automated parcel lockers (APL) and proposes a simulation-optimization methodology for APL adoption as last-mile delivery scheme, reducing the risk of failures in their implementations. After addressing the main issues in APL deployment and simulation and optimization related to them, a method combining a system ...Jorge Chicaiza Vaca +2 more
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