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The Value of Preemptive Pick-Up Services in Dynamic Vehicle Routing for Last-Mile Delivery: Space-Time Network-Based Formulation and Solution Algorithms

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2022
In recent years, with the increase of emerging pick-up requests during service, logistics companies have been driven to integrate delivery and pick-up service in a dynamic environment.
Weiran Meng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Conceptual Framework for Improved Municipal Service Delivery in Urban Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Research in Administrative Sciences, 2020
This article reviews efforts to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of urban service delivery in Zimbabwe. It seeks to achieve this by facilitating the utility of the value-based integrated conceptual framework for improved service delivery ...
MARUMAHOKO Sylvester
doaj  

Kiosks in retailing: the quiet revolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Kiosks have the potential to be a significant application of IT in retailing, information provision and service delivery. This article discusses and analyses the application of kiosks as a channel for in-store service delivery.
Rowley, J., Slack, Frances
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Government Framework for Agriculture Service Delivery at the Local Level in Nepal

open access: yesNepal Public Policy Review, 2023
This paper examines the policy, institutional and legal aspects of agriculture service delivery (ASD) of local government in federal Nepal. The aim of this study is to recommend an appropriate framework for improving ASD unit efficiency in delivering ...
Mahesh Jaishi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide researchers with an overview of the service quality and delivery domain, focussing on the inclusion of customer co-production and customer integration.
Al-Hajla, Ali   +3 more
core   +1 more source

An SLA-driven framework for dynamic multimedia content delivery federations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Recently, the Internet has become a popular platform for the delivery of multimedia content. However, its best effort delivery approach is ill-suited to guarantee the stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of many existing multimedia services ...
De Turck, Filip   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

An Information Technology Framework for Strengthening Telehealthcare Service Delivery [PDF]

open access: yesTelemedicine and e-Health, 2012
Telehealthcare has been used to provide healthcare service, and information technology infrastructure appears to be essential while providing telehealthcare service. Insufficiencies have been identified, such as lack of integration, need of accommodation of diverse biometric sensors, and accessing diverse networks as different houses have varying ...
Li-Chin, Chen   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Towards runtime discovery, selection and composition of semantic services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Service-orientation is gaining momentum in distributed software applications, mainly because it facilitates interoperability and allows application designers to abstract from underlying implementation technologies.
Ferreira Pires, Luis   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Exploring service delivery protests in post-apartheid South African municipalities: A literature review

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2019
Background: This literature study argues that some studies published in South Africa on service delivery protests at municipal level are unacademic, as they are based on mainly untested, unreliable and unvalidated perceptions.
Bethuel S. Ngcamu
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the provincial MuniMEC forum inter-government relations structures in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Local Government Research and Innovation, 2022
Background: This research examines the effectiveness and efficiency of the Provincial MuniMEC in facilitating the Inter-Government Relations (IGR) arrangements for improvement provincial service provision mandate in the Eastern Cape Province.
Zolani Tafeni, Bheki Mngomezulu
doaj   +1 more source

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