Transport drones in production logistics: Is there a use case?

Freichel, Stephan L.K.; Zoller, Christoph S.; Wörtge, Johannes K.; Rempel, Wladimir

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-35449-7_9

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“…The urban MFC can provide direct delivery of orders from online retail companies to the final customer. These logistics hubs require between 30-50 employees, a space between 1000 and 3000 square metres and serve in a radius of 5 km (Freichel et al, 2019). Due to its distributed location strategy, MFCs can be seen as decentralised fulfilment strategy for inventory management and last-mile delivery.…”

Section: Micro-fulfilment Centres (Mfcs) and Benefitsmentioning

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Micro-fulfilment Centres in E-Grocery Deliveries

Alessandro

Mirko

Perotti

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering

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This paper studies micro-fulfilment centres (MFCs) as a response to rising e-grocery sales and customer expectations from decreased delivery time and cost requests. MFC is a business solution that allows orders to be picked and packed in a hyper local facility. The study aim is to provide an overview on this subject from two research questions: i) how MFCs affect the last-mile delivery challenges? and ii) what design decisions are critical in building MFCs? While we evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of centralised versus decentralised warehousing strategies in the first question, we discuss the critical decisions in designing MFCs in the second question. In that, we discuss location and technology selection decisions as well as other warehousing design criteria. Further, this study provides future research directions at the end of this study. Keywords e-commerce • micro-fulfilment centre • sustainability• last-mile delivery • urban distribution centre

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Section: Micro-fulfilment Centres (Mfcs) and Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Micro-fulfilment Centres in E-Grocery Deliveries

Alessandro

Mirko

Perotti

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering

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“…Although research exists on cargo accumulation risks in maritime supply chains (Freichel et al 2022), value loss in cargo transportation on water (Kotenko et al 2022), cargo loss in logistics systems (Wu, Chen & Tsau 2017), and marine insurance claims analysis for accidents (Ching & Yip 2022), to the authors' knowledge, there is no known research investigating weather-related marine cargo insurance claims in South Africa (or in general) (Du Plessis, Goedhals-Gerber & Van Eeden 2023).…”

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Trends in weather-related marine cargo insurance claims: A South African perspective

du Plessis,

Goedhals-Gerber,

van Eeden

2023

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management

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This gap can be widened by unforeseen or unprecedented events that increase the risk and uncertainty for insurers. One such event is extreme weather, which has become more frequent and severe because of climate change. Weather-related claims are common in the marine insurance industry; however, extreme weather as a result of climate change in South Africa has been identified as a new threat, potentially costing the industry millions (Orlek 2015). The province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in South Africa has experienced several devastating storms in recent Background: Marine cargo insurance covers the loss or damage to goods while in transit. It is an important supply chain risk management tool for organisations involved in international trade, especially in regions where cargo insurance penetration is low, and protection gaps are high. However, marine cargo insurance faces new challenges because of increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events. This study focuses on the case of South Africa: a developing country with a strategic role in connecting Africa with the global market.Objectives: The research analyses the trends, differences, and seasonality of weather-related marine cargo insurance claims in South Africa from 2013 to 2022.Method: Statistical and general claims analysis was performed on a master dataset of 17 727 claims to answer the three research questions related to the research objectives. Results:The results show that weather-related marine cargo insurance claims have been increasing over the past decade, creating challenges and disruptions to the supply chain network in South Africa. Furthermore, this research shows that weather-related claims have higher average values and follow a seasonal pattern compared with non-weatherrelated events on supply chains in South Africa. Conclusion:This research reveals the growing impact of weather-related events in South Africa.Contribution: It provides practical and theoretical implications for supply chain managers and insurers to manage weather-related risks more effectively and proactively contributes to the literature by offering empirical insights from a developing country perspective, and provides considerations for future work.

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Drohnen in der Intralogistik

Spurk

Grosse

Schnellbächer

et al. 2022

Zeitschrift Für Wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb

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Die Innovationsfähigkeit von Unternehmen bestimmt deren Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und wirtschaftlichen Erfolg. Dies trifft insbesondere auf innerbetriebliche logistische Prozesse zu, die einen direkten Einfluss auf Durchlaufzeiten und Kundenzufriedenheit haben. Innovationen im Rahmen einer „Logistik 4.0“ versprechen Prozessverbesserungen durch Automatisierung und durch die technische Unterstützung des Menschen bei manuellen Tätigkeiten. Eine dieser vielversprechenden Technologien sind unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge (Drohnen). Der vorliegende Beitrag konsolidiert den Stand der Forschung zu flugfähigen Drohnen in der Intralogistik und untersucht Potenziale und Barrieren. Es zeigt sich, dass grundlegende Veränderungen der Intralogistik durch Drohnen bislang ausgeblieben sind. Drohnen weisen aber vielfältige Potenziale auf, insbesondere in der Automatisierung spezifischer intralogistischer Prozesse, vor allem hinsichtlich der innerbetrieblichen Lieferung und der Inventur, aber auch der Inspektion von Fertigungsanlagen.

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Transport drones in production logistics: Is there a use case?

Cited by 4 publications

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Micro-fulfilment Centres in E-Grocery Deliveries

Micro-fulfilment Centres in E-Grocery Deliveries

Trends in weather-related marine cargo insurance claims: A South African perspective

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