scholarly journals Modeling Individualized Sustainable Last Mile Logistics

2021 ◽  
pp. 277-293
Author(s):  
Markus Trapp ◽  
Sandra Luttermann ◽  
Daniel Rippel ◽  
Herbert Kotzab ◽  
Michael Freitag
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Private Car ◽  
Delivery Vehicles ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
Framework Conditions

AbstractThe online grocery trade has received an additional boost from the Covid pandemic. The delivery of such purchases places particular demands on last mile logistics since consumers demand more and more individualized delivery options, e.g., regarding the delivery arrival or the type of transport. At the same time, many consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious, so there is a need to examine further how this particular consumer behavior affects the sustainability of deliveries. This paper develops and presents a simulation model, which considers grocery delivery under different framework conditions. The examined scenarios show that a change in consumer behavior directly impacts last mile logistics systems, mainly by increasing the total number of orders and a slight reduction in emissions through improved vehicle utilization. Nevertheless, the results show that without sufficiently high utilization of delivery vehicles, shopping trips by private car may cause fewer emissions.

scholarly journals Configuring the Last-Mile in Business-to-Consumer E-Retailing

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim ◽  
Matthias Winkenbach
Keyword(s):  
Product Variety ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Consumer Surveys ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

Fulfillment strategies that offer consumers a consistent shopping experience across different channels and devices through a variety of last-mile delivery options have emerged as a powerful engine for growth in the retail sector. To thrive in this new environment, retailers need to (re)configure their last-mile supply networks to achieve better alignment between delivery responsiveness, product variety, and convenience. This article reviews multiple case studies of leading retailers across geographical regions, maps these retailers’ network configurations, and conducts consumer surveys to examine how retailers operate their last-mile distribution to cope with omnichannel demands. This study develops a typology consisting of four ideal forms of last-mile supply networks differentiated by the speed of delivery responsiveness and level of product variety. It proposes a set of prescriptive guidelines for retailers to undertake reconfiguration of their last-mile distribution.

scholarly journals A Literature Review of Drone-Based Package Delivery Logistics Systems and Their Implementation Feasibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 360
Author(s):  
Taha Benarbia ◽  
Kyandoghere Kyamakya
Keyword(s):  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Package Delivery ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
World Organization ◽  
New Research

In recent years, e-commerce businesses have seen an increase in the daily volume of packages to be delivered, as well as an increase in the number of particularly demanding customer expectations. In this respect, the delivery mechanism became prohibitively expensive, particularly for the final kilometer. To stay competitive and meet the increased demand, businesses began to look for innovative autonomous delivery options for the last mile, such as autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, which are a promising alternative for the logistics industry. Following the success of drones in surveillance and remote sensing, drone delivery systems have begun to emerge as a new solution to reduce delivery costs and delivery time. In the coming years, autonomous drone sharing systems will be an unavoidable logistical solution, especially with the new laws/recommendations introduced by the Flight World Organization on how to organize the operations of these special unmanned airline systems. This paper provides a comprehensive literature survey on a set of relevant research issues and highlights the representative solutions and concepts that have been proposed thus far in the design and modeling of the logistics of drone delivery systems, with the purpose of discussing the respective performance levels reached by the various suggested approaches. Furthermore, the paper also investigates the central problems to be addressed and briefly discusses and outlines a series of interesting new research avenues of relevance for drone-based package delivery systems.

scholarly journals Grocery Delivery or Customer Pickup - Influences on Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in Munich

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Hardi ◽  
Ulrich Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engine ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
City District ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Delivery Vehicles ◽  
Save Energy

TThe number of supermarkets offering a grocery delivery has been increasing during the last years. Many studies deduce CO2 emission savings using this concept. Since the delivery of groceries also consumes energy and produces emissions, break-even points can be calculated, from where the delivery has environmental advantages compared to the customer pickup. In this paper, influences of differing vehicle use on break-even points for savings of energy and CO2 emissions are analyzed for the case of Haidhausen Süd, a city district of Munich in Germany. Internal combustion engine and electric vehicles are investigated to depict current as well as future trends. After an introduction to the used methodology, the potential to save energy and CO2 emissions related to the delivery of groceries in the chosen district of Munich is evaluated. Afterwards, influences on the break even points are presented and discussed. As the results show, a delivery of groceries leads to energy and carbon dioxide savings in a wide range of private vehicle use for grocery shopping trips. Nevertheless, if the complete customer vehicle fleet is electrified, the use of delivery vehicles with an internal combustion engine can cause an additional environmental impact at the current modal split for shopping trips in Germany.

Comparative analysis of the carbon footprints of conventional and online retailing

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 103-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia B. Edwards ◽  
Alan C. McKinnon ◽  
Sharon L. Cullinane
Keyword(s):  
Home Delivery ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Online Retailing ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Shopping Trip ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Government Data

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the carbon intensity of “last mile” deliveries (i.e. deliveries of goods from local depots to the home) and personal shopping trips.Design/methodology/approachSeveral last mile scenarios are constructed for the purchase of small, non‐food items, such as books, CDs, clothing, cameras and household items. Official government data, operational data from a large logistics service provider, face‐to‐face and telephone interviews with company managers and realistic assumptions derived from the literature form the basis of the calculations. Allowance has been made for home delivery failures, “browsing” trips to the shops and the return of unwanted goods.FindingsOverall, the research suggests that, while neither home delivery nor conventional shopping has an absolute CO2 advantage, on average, the home delivery operation is likely to generate less CO2 than the typical shopping trip. Nevertheless, CO2 emissions per item for intensive/infrequent shopping trips by bus could match online shopping/home delivery.Research limitations/implicationsThe number of items purchased per shopping trip, the choice of travel mode and the willingness to combine shopping with other activities and to group purchases into as few shopping trips or online transactions as possible are shown to be critical factors. Online retailers and home delivery companies could also apply measures (e.g. maximising drop densities and increasing the use of electric vehicles) to enhance the CO2 efficiency of their logistical operations and gain a clearer environmental advantage.Practical implicationsBoth consumers and suppliers need to be made more aware of the environmental implications of their respective purchasing behaviour and distribution methods so that potential CO2 savings can be made.Originality/valueThe paper offers insights into the carbon footprints of conventional and online retailing from a “last mile” perspective.

LAST MILE LOGISTICS DELIVERY IN THE FASHION RETAIL SECTOR: THE CASE OF POLAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (0) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Dorota Książkiewicz ◽  
Wojciech Piotrowicz
Keyword(s):  
Home Delivery ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Logistics Networks ◽  
Post Offices ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Delivery Times ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
City Network ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
Logistics Delivery

The paper analyses the delivery options available to Polish customers. It compares two companies: Zalando, a solely online fashion player, and TOP SECRET, an omnichannel retailer which uses both online and traditional stores. For each company, an overview of logistic systems is presented and delivery options as well as product return conditions are analysed. This snapshot of the fashion market confirms that Polish customers have a wide choice of delivery options, from home delivery, through manned collection points (post offices, kiosks and others), to a well-developed city network of automated lockers. In the case of TOP SECRET, in-store collection was also possible. However, delivery times, from up to two days, are not as fast as countries such as the United Kingdom, where next day delivery is offered by local retailers. The development of e-commerce and omnichannel was stimulated by the recent modernisation of the transport and logistics networks in Poland.

scholarly journals Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery Vehicles in Complex Traffic Environments

Computer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Bai Li ◽  
Shaoshan Liu ◽  
Jie Tang ◽  
Jean-Luc Gaudiot ◽  
Liangliang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Last Mile ◽  
Delivery Vehicles ◽  
Last Mile Delivery
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