scholarly journals New Express Delivery Service and Its Impact on CO2 Emissions

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Dragan Lazarević ◽  
Libor Švadlenka ◽  
Valentina Radojičić ◽  
Momčilo Dobrodolac
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Courier Service ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Express Delivery

A rapid development of Internet technologies creates new opportunities for e-commerce, which is one of the fastest-growing segments of the entire economy. For policymakers, the most important aspects of e-commerce are related to the cost reduction in transportation, facilitation of administration and communication, innovations at the market level, and environmental issues. An unavoidable part of the e-commerce production process is related to the postal service. New market expectations of modern society lead to the consideration of upgrading the traditional express delivery service in terms of time availability. In this paper, we propose a new 24-h availability of postal and courier service so-called “post express nonstop”. To assess the potential demand for this kind of service, we propose a forecasting procedure based on the Bass diffusion model. In particular, the research is directed toward the examination of environmental issues, considering both types of services—traditional and the proposed new one. A comparison is done by analyzing CO2 emissions in the last-mile delivery of goods to the users’ addresses. The experiment was carried out in the city of Belgrade, simulating the last-mile delivery under realistic conditions and controlling the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. In accordance with the results of this experiment and the forecasted number of postal items, a projection of CO2 emissions for the new service from 2020 to 2025 was carried out. The results show a significant contribution of the proposed new express delivery service to environmental well-being and sustainability.

scholarly journals Pricing and Collaboration in Last Mile Delivery Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Ko ◽  
Sung Cho ◽  
Chulung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Time Function ◽  
Integer Programming Problem ◽  
Delivery Time ◽  
Optimal Price ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Collaboration Model ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Market Density ◽  
Express Delivery

Recently, last mile delivery has emerged as an essential process that greatly affects the opportunity of obtaining delivery service market share due to the rapid increase in the business-to-consumer (B2C) service market. Express delivery companies are investing to expand the capacity of hub terminals to handle increasing delivery volume. As for securing massive delivery quantity by investment, companies must examine the profitability between increasing delivery quantity and price. This study proposes two strategies for a company’s decision making regarding the adjustment of market density and price by developing a pricing and collaboration model based on the delivery time of the last mile process. A last mile delivery time function of market density is first derived from genetic algorithm (GA)-based simulation results of traveling salesman problem regarding the market density. The pricing model develops a procedure to determine the optimal price, maximizing the profit based on last mile delivery time function. In addition, a collaboration model, where a multi-objective integer programming problem is developed, is proposed to sustain long-term survival for small and medium-sized companies. In this paper, sensitivity analysis demonstrates the effect of delivery environment on the optimal price and profit. Also, a numerical example presents four different scenarios of the collaboration model to determine the applicability and efficiency of the model. These two proposed models present managerial insights for express delivery companies.

scholarly journals Preservation of the Environment by Smart Energy Consumption

ICR Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-96
Author(s):  
Shahino Mah Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Earth

The rise in world energy consumption has caused an alarming shortage of fossil fuels and an increase in carbon emissions. It has also led to various environmental issues, especially climate change, which threaten humanity’s access to food, water, shelter, energy and health. The growth of the human population combined with rapid development has caused excessive carbon emissions, while the conventional ways of energy production and utilisation need serious reconsideration. This article, therefore, draws attention to the vital role that human beings, as vicegerents of the Earth (khalifah), have in managing natural resources. It highlights the pivotal position of humans in the world, as trustees who bear great responsibility for maintaining the natural environment. At the same time, this article also draws attention to the Islamic concept of moderation (wasatiyyah) and its practice to improve the consumption of resources by reducing wastage and pollution. The concept of moderation in the context of consuming natural resources is generally supported by the advancements in maqasid al-shariah (higher objectives of Islamic law) that have included the significance of environmental preservation This article also seeks to inform the development of Renewable Energy (RE) in the context of the Islamic concern for inclusive well-being. Several policy actions capable of promoting the concept of I’mar al-ard (building of the Earth) and smart energy consumption are proposed to address environmental issues in our policy recommendations towards the end.

scholarly journals A Novel Delivery Model to Expand E-commerce Customers Based on Telecom Data Mining

10.29007/vn4r ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giridhar Maji ◽  
Sharmistha Mandal ◽  
Narayan Debnath ◽  
Soumya Sen
Keyword(s):  
Tier 2 ◽  
Distribution Centers ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Delivery Model ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Tier 3 ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Firsthand Experience

A very important issue with the e-commerce delivery service in most of the emerging economies including India is the last mile connectivity. Delivering products, booked online to the remote tier-2 and tier-3 cities remained “costly”. It is observed from firsthand experience with some well-known e-commerce brands in India that their delivery service partners tend to cancel orders that are far away from their tier-2 logistics hubs with the reason shown as “address out of delivery range”. Due to low order density in the far flanges of tier-2 and tier-3 cities arranging vehicles and delivery personnel become costly. In this paper, we propose an innovative delivery model to serve the remote areas by opening edge-hubs at selected places and employing local daily commuters for last mile delivery. Identifying the edge-hubs for opening distribution centers is a costly business if done using traditional field surveys. Here we propose the use of telecom call detail record (CDR) location data as an alternate way of identifying the hubs in real time with much less cost and time.

Parcel Locker as the Alternative of Parcel Delivery Service of Online Shopping

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1311-1317
Author(s):  
Hendra Gunawan ◽  
Nahry ◽  
Andyka Kusuma ◽  
Sarini Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Home Delivery ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Online Shoppers ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

Currently, parcel delivery activities are growing rapidly in the urban area along with the increase in online shopping transactions. This trend has an impact on the deterioration in the performance of the urban transportation system due to the increase of fleet of goods carriers as part of last mile delivery of online shopping. To overcome this situation, many countries have developed a delivery service using a parcel locker. In parcel locker service, consumers collect their shipments from lockers, which are mostly situated in public places, such as train stations, gas filling places, convenience stores, etc., instead of receiving them at their homes using a home delivery service. This service also exists in Indonesia, but its use is still not popular. This study aims to develop a choice model of last mile supply package between home delivery and parcel locker. The development of the model is based on the Binomial Logit Model. The calibration process uses the results of Stated Preference survey conducted to online shoppers who have not used parcel locker. Hypothetical conditions used in this survey represent the cost and location of a parcel locker. Location is represented by the shortest (<1 km), medium (1–3 km) and longest (3–5 km) distance of a parcel locker to the respondent’s home. Given the current cost, the potential demand for parcel lockers is 26%, 17% and 13% for short, medium and long distance, respectively. When the willingness to pay of the respondent is represented by a value whereby both methods will be chosen with the same probability, the parcel locker must offer a cost of 65% and 33%, respectively, of the home delivery option for the condition of short distance and medium distance; whereas the parcel locker cannot compete for long distance condition.

scholarly journals Consumer's point of view on parcel lockers in DKI Jakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Nahry ◽  
Alvin Farhan Vilardi
Keyword(s):  
Home Delivery ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Package Delivery ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Direct Delivery ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Service Vehicles ◽  
Type Of Delivery

Online shopping businesses grow significantly in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. Consumers find out that purchasing products online is more effective. Most of consumers in Jakarta choose direct (home) delivery as their last-mile delivery method, which proposes consumers to receive the purchased goods at home. E-commerce could minimize trip distance travelled by consumers, but distance travelled by delivery service vehicles increase. It causes new problems such as environmental issues. Parcel lockers method appeared as the solution, which proposes advantages for consumers and package delivery operators. Its scheme could minimize distance travelled by both. The packages that dropped in the lockers would be picked up, sorted, and delivered to other lockers. Consumers would pick up their goods by travelling to destination lockers. It could minimize delivery trips. This study observed the consumer's point of view on parcel lockers method, and analyse the potency of parcel lockers. This study was carried out by two online surveys with four main variables that are location, information, cost, and punctuality. The results found that punctuality is the most affecting factor (38.8%) for consumers in choosing type of delivery service. Based on the services, respondents prefer to choose parcel lockers (68.4%) rather than direct delivery.

scholarly journals The Logistics Service Mode Selection for Last Mile Delivery Considering Delivery Service Cost and Capability

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Li ◽  
Zhi-Ping Fan ◽  
Bing-Bing Cao ◽  
Hai-Mei Lv
Keyword(s):  
Mode Selection ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Service Cost ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Service Capability ◽  
Service Mode ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

The last mile delivery service is an important part in the logistics service process of express enterprises. How to select a suitable logistics service mode for last mile delivery to maximize the delivery service capacity and minimize delivery service cost is a noteworthy problem, but studies on this problem are still lacking. In this paper, we first analyze three potential logistics service modes for last mile delivery, i.e., self-run mode, outsourcing mode, and alliance mode, and then propose a selection framework of logistics service mode for last mile delivery based on a two-dimensional matrix decision model according to the two dimensions of delivery service cost advantage and delivery service capability advantage. Next, we give the calculation formulas for the delivery service cost and delivery service capability. Furthermore, we propose a method for logistics service mode selection for last mile delivery according to delivery service costs and delivery service capabilities of three potential logistics service mode. Finally, we show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method by a case analysis.

scholarly journals PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF ROBOTIC DELIVERY OF THE LAST MILE. THE RELEVANCE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE CONCEPT OF THE SOLUTION. PART I.

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Yu. Khamukov ◽  
M. Kanokova
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Air Cargo ◽  
Technological Breakthrough ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Express Delivery

The express delivery market in recent years has been growing at the level of 3-4%, and even in these conditions, not only is it not saturated, but the demand for it is growing. According to Oxford Economics, the growth of the air cargo market, which determines the volume of the express delivery market, accelerated at times up to 7% per year from 2013 to 2018 [1]. The biggest changes took place in 2016-17 due to a technological breakthrough in the field of logistics with the introduction of services such as drone delivery, processing orders on the blockchain, calculation of the delivery mode using artificial intelligence, etc. It was expected that due to the growing demand on fast delivery guaranteed, the number of express delivery employees worldwide will grow to 4.5 million over the next few years. But the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated this process. In the study “The Future of Freight Transportation. How new technologies and new thinking can change the movement of goods”, presented by the international network of consulting companies Deloitte in 2017, states that carriers have already solved many of the problems associated with the transportation of goods. But the “last mile delivery” stage has remained limiting the development of the delivery service. At this stage, companies suffer losses due to the concentration of logistics, algorithmic and kinematic tasks that cannot be automated with modern means and technologies for replacing human labor. Consequently, the use of alternative, unconventional technologies at this stage is a key condition for the mass development of delivery.

scholarly journals Reusing Newspaper Kiosks for Last-Mile Delivery in Urban Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9770
Author(s):  
José M. González-Varona ◽  
Félix Villafáñez ◽  
Fernando Acebes ◽  
Alfonso Redondo ◽  
David Poza
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Current Increase ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
The City

The current increase in e-commerce is generating growing problems in urban areas in terms of both traffic flow (increasing traffic, no parking spaces) and environmental issues (noise, atmospheric pollution, etc.). In parallel, an iconic element of historic districts is disappearing: more and more newspaper kiosks are closing their business as their work dwindles. In this scenario, the objective of this paper is to propose a model for last-mile parcel delivery that exploits the current available newspaper kiosk network by using them as parcel lockers. To demonstrate the benefits of this proposal, we map the kiosk network of the city of Valladolid (Spain), and compare the environmental impact of a traditional (door-to-door) delivery and the proposed model which reuses old kiosks as parcel lockers. The necessary steps to carry out simulations are described in detail so that experiments can be replicated in other cities that face the same issues.

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