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Spatio-temporal analysis of Australia Post parcel locker use during the initial system growth phase in Queensland (2013–2017)

open access: yesJournal of Transport Geography, 2023
There has been limited understanding of parcel locker customers' usage behaviour due a lack of operational data. Using Australia Post's dataset of 51 Queensland parcel lockers, we were able to evaluate the growth in locker locations and customers' parcel
Matthew Burke, Ugo Lachapelle
exaly   +2 more sources

On the Impact of Open Parcel Lockers on Traffic [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability, 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, Georg Hauger
exaly   +2 more sources

Who moves the locker? A benchmark study of alternative mobile parcel locker concepts

open access: yesTransportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2022
Stefan Schwerdfeger, Nils Boysen
exaly   +2 more sources

An Unmanned Smart Parcel Locker System with a Parcel Sterilizer

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2021
Parcel 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
openaire   +1 more source

Locating Movable Parcel Lockers under Stochastic Demands

open access: yesSymmetry, 2020
The movable unit equipped with a set of lockers has been recently developed as a new mode to improve the efficiency of the last mile delivery. Locating a set of movable parcel locker units appropriately is a fundamental factor to promote the merits of movable parcel lockers.
Yanyan Chen, Mengyu Bi, Lai Jianhui
exaly   +3 more sources

Crowdsourced last-mile delivery with parcel lockers

International Journal of Production Economics, 2022
Crowdshipping 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 ...
Lele Zhang, Hadi Ghaderi, Pei-Wei Tsai
exaly   +3 more sources

From home delivery to parcel lockers: a case study in Amsterdam

open access: yesTransportation Research Procedia, 2020
E-commerce is still a strong growing segment with fierce competition among the parcel delivery service providers. To stay ahead of the competitors innovation is necessary. Currently, parcels are being delivered with large delivery vans which will usually deliver single parcels to doorsteps of their customers.
Bart van Arem, J H R van Duin
exaly   +5 more sources

Parcel Locker as the Alternative of Parcel Delivery Service of Online Shopping

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2020
Currently, parcel delivery activities are growing rapidly in the urban area along with the increase in online shopping transactions. This trend has an impact on the deterioration in the performance of the urban transportation system due to the increase of fleet of goods carriers as part of last mile delivery of online shopping.
Hendra Gunawan   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

A parcel network flow approach for joint delivery networks using parcel lockers

International Journal of Production Research, 2020
Current courier networks in metropolitan areas are characterised by utilising fleets of vans that perform collection and distribution routes independently.
Shichang Pan   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Multi-functional Parcel Delivery Locker system

2015 International Conference on Computer and Computational Sciences (ICCCS), 2015
As 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
openaire   +1 more source

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