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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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A Complex Network Science Perspective on Urban Parcel Locker Placement
Big Data and Cognitive ComputingThe rapid rise of e-commerce is intensifying pressure on last-mile delivery networks, making the strategic placement of parcel lockers an urgent urban challenge.
Enrico Corradini +5 more
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LogisticsBackground: The habitat structure, the environmental impact, the market acceptance, the changes in consumers’ preferences, and the pandemic urged for innovative solutions in urban last-mile delivery.
Mircea Augustin Rosca +2 more
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Automated Parcel Locker Configuration Using Discrete Event Simulation
SystemsAutomated parcel lockers (APLs) are transforming urban last-mile delivery by reducing failed distributions, decoupling delivery from recipient availability, optimizing carrier routes, reducing carbon foot-print and mitigating traffic congestion.
Eugen Rosca +4 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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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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Consumer preferences for parcel delivery methods
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2022 In the Netherlands, as in many other densely populated countries, home delivery is the dominant way of delivering online ordered parcels. This is mainly because big retail companies offer this delivery option for free. Due to the expansion of e-commerce,
Eric Molin +2 more
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Consumer's point of view on parcel lockers in DKI Jakarta [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 Online shopping businesses grow significantly in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. Consumers find out that purchasing products online is more effective. Most of consumers in Jakarta choose direct (home) delivery as their last-mile delivery method, which ...
Nahry, Farhan Vilardi Alvin
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A Scheduling Strategy of Mobile Parcel Lockers for the Last Mile Delivery Problem
Promet (Zagreb), 2020 In the form of unattended Collection-and-Delivery Points (CDP), the fixed parcel lockers can save courier miles and improve the delivery efficiency. However, due to the fixed location and combination, the fixed parcel locker cannot accommodate the change
Yang Wang, Mengyu Bi, Yanyan Chen
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