Last Mile Delivery: Modes, Efficiencies, Sustainability, and Trends

Tiwapat, Noppakun; Pomsing, Choosak; Jomthong, Peerapop

doi:10.1109/icite.2018.8492585

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“…Many researchers have studied last mile delivery projects in the contexts of consumer driven logistics (Galkin et al 2019 ), cost reduction (Ranieri et al 2018 ), containerization of products (Dell’Amico and Hadjidimitriou 2012 ); analysis of transport operators’ needs (Pronello et al 2017 ), microhubs and crowd shipping (Ballare and Lin 2020 ), efficiency and sustainability (Tiwapat et al 2018 ). Although, the identification of last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era factors has not been investigated.…”

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A study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era

Suguna¹,

Shah

Raj

et al. 2021

Oper Manag Res

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The Covid-19 has shifted the face of many markets including e-commerce and online business with many bottlenecks to be cleared. The last-mile delivery project has the greatest effect on all types of e-commerce companies because it has many consumer touchpoints as well as the Covid-19 pain points. Due to these interconnected issues, the delivery projects itself requires modern solutions. The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and categorize the major factors that affect the last mile delivery projects in e-commerce, food sector, retail sector and so on using total ınterpretive structural modelling approach during the Covid-19. Ten major factors are identified from literature review, and expert opinions are collected from multiple organizations that are involved in the last mile delivery projects. The results indicate that types of goods, achieving routing efficiency and meeting fulfilment timeline are the key factors for last mile delivery projects during the time of Covid-19. This study helps the managers to identify the key factors and to focus on these factors for the successful implementation of last mile delivery project.

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A study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era

Suguna¹,

Shah

Raj

et al. 2021

Oper Manag Res

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“…In paper [20], parcel delivery is divided into five points: reception box, collection point, post office, attended home delivery and unattended home delivery. Each point is presented and compared, and new technology trends which may be utilized to improve performance and the quality of the delivery suggested.…”

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Cost and Performance Optimisation in the Technological Phase of Parcel Delivery – A Literature Review

Muharemović

Čaušević

Kosovac

et al. 2021

PROMET

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The present review paper provides a systematic insight into the studies published so far when it comes to the research on the cost and performance optimisation in the parcel delivery phase. Globalisation, as well as the new trends, such as selling online, directly influences the demands for the delivery of goods. Demand for the delivery of goods proportionally affects the transport prices. A great majority of deliveries is carried out in densely populated urban areas. In terms of costs, the greatest part in the courier organisations costs is observed in the technological phase of parcel delivery, which is at the same time the least efficient. For that reason, significant improvement of performance and cost optimisation in the very delivery phase is a rather challenging field for the researchers. New algorithm-based technologies, innovations in the logistics and outsourcing of individual technological phases are ways by means of which one strives to enhance the delivery efficiency, to improve performance and quality, but also - to optimise the costs in the last phase of delivery. The aim of the present paper is to offer a systematic review into the most recent research in the field of technology, innovations and outsourcing models with the aim of reducing the cost and enhancing the productivity and quality in parcel delivery.

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“…Consequently, the chassis frame and the tetrapod can slide relative to each other. To provide power to the relative slide between them, an auxiliary EH, named EH D, is added (the stereo view of EH D can be seen in Figure 1, see 3 slides-and-rails). The connections A and B of the EH D are fixed on the chassis frame and the tetrapod, respectively, and, through EH D's lengthening and shortening, this relative slide can be realized.…”

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“…After the online order is completed, it is always expected to be delivered as soon as possible by customers [2]. For solution of the last-mile problem of the express delivery, unattended home delivery can not only reduce the failure rate of the first delivery, but also save delivery time [3]. Currently, robots are gradually replacing humans in various aspects [4].…”

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A Robot with Decoupled Mechanical Structure and Adapted State Machine Control for Both Ground and Staircase Situations

Wen

Yang

et al. 2019

Applied Sciences

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The rapid development of e-commerce makes the last-mile problem more and more prominent. To meet the requirements of such a scenario, this paper proposes a robot with a decoupled mechanical structure. Such a hexapod robot is divided into a chassis frame with a pair of auxiliary wheel-legs for horizontal movement, a tetrapod for vertical movement, and a slide-and-rail mechanism to connect the former two parts. Such a structure is simple and, thus, cost-efficient; by managing the horizontal and vertical movements, such a robot can keep the balance and safety of the load in the various operation environments, such as roads, staircases, and even indoor ones. Meanwhile, a state-machine-based controller, which adapts well to the unique structure of the proposed robot, is also proposed, simplifying the sequential control of the robot. A prototype robot with 30-kg load ability was built, and the experimental results prove the validity of the design.

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Last Mile Delivery: Modes, Efficiencies, Sustainability, and Trends

Cited by 24 publications

References 26 publications

A study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era

A study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era

Cost and Performance Optimisation in the Technological Phase of Parcel Delivery – A Literature Review

A Robot with Decoupled Mechanical Structure and Adapted State Machine Control for Both Ground and Staircase Situations

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