Evaluating different distance metrics for calculating distances of last mile deliveries in urban areas for integration into supply chain simulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Markus Rabe ◽  
Astrid Klueter ◽  
Johannes Raps
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Distance Metrics ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Supply Chain Simulation

scholarly journals Shortening the Last Mile in Urban Areas: Optimizing a Smart Logistics Concept for E-Grocery Operations

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Leyerer ◽  
Marc-Oliver Sonneberg ◽  
Maximilian Heumann ◽  
Michael H. Breitner
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Last Mile

Urbanization, the corresponding road traffic, and increasing e-grocery markets require efficient and at the same time eco-friendly transport solutions. In contrast to traditional food procurement at local grocery stores, e-grocery, i.e., online ordered goods, are transported directly to end customers. We develop and discuss an optimization approach to assist the planning of e-grocery deliveries in smart cities introducing a new last mile concept for the urban food supply chain. To supply city dwellers with their ordered products, a network of refrigerated grocery lockers is optimized to temporarily store the corresponding goods within urban areas. Customers either collect their orders by themselves or the products are delivered with electric cargo bicycles (ECBs). We propose a multi-echelon optimization model that minimizes the overall costs while consecutively determining optimal grocery locker locations, van routes from a depot to opened lockers, and ECB routes from lockers to customers. With our approach, we present an advanced concept for grocery deliveries in urban areas to shorten last mile distances, enhancing sustainable transportation by avoiding road traffic and emissions. Therefore, the concept is described as a smart transport system.

scholarly journals iBikeSafe: A Multi-Parameter System for Monitoring, Evaluation and Visualization of Cycling Paths in Smart Cities Targeted at Cycling Adverse Conditions

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1058-1086
Author(s):  
Franklin Oliveira ◽  
Daniel G. Costa ◽  
Luciana Lima ◽  
Ivanovitch Silva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Large City ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Parameter System ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Real Scenario

The fast transformation of the urban centers, pushed by the impacts of climatic changes and the dramatic events of the COVID-19 Pandemic, will profoundly influence our daily mobility. This resulted scenario is expected to favor adopting cleaner and flexible modal solutions centered on bicycles and scooters, especially as last-mile options. However, as the use of bicycles has rapidly increased, cyclists have been subject to adverse conditions that may affect their health and safety when cycling in urban areas. Therefore, whereas cities should implement mechanisms to monitor and evaluate adverse conditions in cycling paths, cyclists should have some effective mechanism to visualize the indirect quality of cycling paths, eventually supporting choosing more appropriate routes. Therefore, this article proposes a comprehensive multi-parameter system based on multiple independent subsystems, covering all phases of data collecting, formatting, transmission, and processing related to the monitoring, evaluating, and visualizing the quality of cycling paths in the perspective of adverse conditions that affect cyclist. The formal interactions of all modules are carefully described, as well as implementation and deployment details. Additionally, a case study is considered for a large city in Brazil, demonstrating how the proposed system can be adopted in a real scenario.

SISCO: An object-oriented supply chain simulation system

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 422-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean C. Chatfield ◽  
Terry P. Harrison ◽  
Jack C. Hayya
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Supply Chain Simulation

scholarly journals A Managerial and Behavioral Approach in Aligning Stakeholder Goals in Sustainable Last Mile Logistics: A Case Study in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4434
Author(s):  
Frazen Tolentino-Zondervan ◽  
Enide Bogers ◽  
Luc van de Sande
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Environmental Goals

Stakeholders play vital roles in the implementation of sustainable last mile logistics solutions. Therefore, the first step in setting up successful sustainable last mile logistics is to conduct stakeholder analysis. This paper analyzes the goals of the stakeholders in the Heijendaal living lab, a city logistics project that uses two hubs for bundling goods to be delivered to the Heijendaal campus in The Netherlands. We use the Theory of Planned Behavior and Policy Deployment to present a qualitative case study, which examines the goals of stakeholders in relation to their roles in the supply chain and in the organization, and if these goals lead to their expected participation behavior. Results show that stakeholders have economic, social, and environmental goals and that some of these goals are prominent within certain groups of stakeholders along the supply chain and within the organization. In addition, the set goals do not always lead to participation behavior of stakeholders due to identified disruptions and habits. This study identifies the importance of information sharing and collaboration within the supply chain, the leading role of middle-level managers in translating strategic to operational goals, and the stimulation of behavioral factors to increase participation of stakeholders in the living lab.

scholarly journals Modern equipment transport solutions for streamlining deliveries within the framework of “the last milelogistics”

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Brach
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Modern Equipment ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Equipment Transport ◽  
Increase Efficiency

“The last mile”, although it is the final but also extremely important and generating a considerable challenge element of the supply chain. As a result, for transport operators, transport on the last part of road, to the door of each end customer, is sometimes the most expensive and the most problematic. Therefore, without the implementation of new solutions and vehicles, it will not be possible to increase efficiency in completing tasks – i.e. the increase in the number of successfully completed deliveries required by the market, while limiting the cost and time of each single delivery. The article is based on the analysis of the latest scientific and primary commercial studies devoted to this issue, supplemented with own conclusions and observations of the author.

scholarly journals Informal park-and-ride behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Jelena Simićević ◽  
Vladimir Molan ◽  
Nada Milosavljević
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Park And Ride ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Parking Management

Sustainable parking management in central urban areas typically involves implementation of restrictive parking measures. Discouraged by parking measures users seek for an alternative option. Some of them self-initiatively found a way not to completely abandon driving: they drive and park outside the central area and reach the final destination by public transport. This travel pattern is known as “informal Park-and-Ride“ (PnR), and should be estimated as relatively positive because the critical “last mile” is travelled by public transport. As PnR demand grows, policy-makers should consider its formalisation and integration into the urban transport policy. This paper aims to identify informal PnR users in Belgrade and to investigate their motives, requests and preferences towards this option. The findings should be of importance when planning and developing formal PnR sites, which can largely increase user willingness to accept restrictive parking measures, i.e. to adopt more sustainable travel behaviour.

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