A decision support system to investigate dynamic last-mile distribution facilitating cargo-bikes

Fikar, Christian; Hirsch, Patrick; Gronalt, Manfred

doi:10.1080/13675567.2017.1395830

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“…The results show that, compared to vans, cargo bikes can lead to a decrease in external costs, i.e., emission, noise, and congestion, by 40% per delivery. Another simulation study is conducted by Fikar et al (2018) to evaluate the potential of a combined delivery of traditional vans and cargo bikes operating from micro-depots. In an agent-based simulation, vehicle routes are determined via the best insertion heuristic.…”

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Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

2020

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In the wake of e-commerce and its successful diffusion in most commercial activities, last-mile distribution causes more and more trouble in urban areas all around the globe. Growing parcel volumes to be delivered toward customer homes increase the number of delivery vans entering the city centers and thus add to congestion, pollution, and negative health impact. Therefore, it is anything but surprising that in recent years many novel delivery concepts on the last mile have been innovated. Among the most prominent are unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and autonomous delivery robots taking over parcel delivery. This paper surveys established and novel last-mile concepts and puts special emphasis on the decision problems to be solved when setting up and operating each concept. To do so, we systematically record the alternative delivery concepts in a compact notation scheme, discuss the most important decision problems, and survey existing research on operations research methods solving these problems. Furthermore, we elaborate promising future research avenues.

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Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

2020

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“…The literature confirms the strategic character of this component. One example of this is found in collaboration literature, which focuses on horizontal collaboration, e.g., drivers and barriers [16,49,50], recent advances [52,53], service quality [78], and the effects of logistics collaboration [51]. Furthermore, the business model literature investigates the use of crowd logistics in the last mile.…”

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“…Routing Traveling salesman problem with drones [96][97][98]; decision support systems [78,79,81]; vehicle routing problems [80,82,88] 9…”

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Framework of Last Mile Logistics Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2019

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Coincident with the rapid growth of omni-channel retailing, growing urbanization, changing consumer behavior, and increasing focus on sustainability, academic interest in the area of last mile logistics has significantly increased. The growth in academic publications has been tremendous, with three out of four articles appearing within the past five years. The influx of research spans multiple disciplines and various methodologies, underlining the complexity and fragmentation of last mile logistics research, which leads to a lack of unity in the understanding of the concept. We provide a systematic review and classification of the literature to provide a more coherent view of last mile logistics research. The review covers 155 peer-reviewed journal publications focusing on last mile logistics. Findings demonstrate that the literature embraces a diversity of aspects and facets that are classified into five themes: emerging trends and technologies, operational optimization, supply chain structures, performance measurement, and policy. Further, we propose a framework of last mile logistics literature that comprises five components and their interrelationships, namely, last mile logistics, last mile distribution, last mile fulfillment, last mile transport, and last mile delivery. The results provide a foundation for further development of this research area by proposing avenues for future research.

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“…To achieve successful cooperation, trust is a major success factor that needs to be built over time by the cooperating actors (Serrano-Hernandez et al 2018). Computer-aided decision support systems (DSS) facilitate such activities as they allow one to estimate impacts of cooperation and visualize results in a risk-free and flexible manner (Fikar, Hirsch, and Gronalt 2018). Additionally, various order picking and delivery strategies can be investigated to support sustainable implementations and a reduction in food waste and travel distances (Fikar 2018).…”

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A decision support system to facilitate collaborative supply of food cooperatives

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Leithner

2020

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Food cooperatives are gaining popularity due to consumers' desire to eat healthy and source locally. Mainly run by private citizens, such groups present an interesting additional income source to regional organic farmers. However, small order quantities and substantial logistics efforts challenge operations. To facilitate efficient and sustainable food transports from farms to food cooperatives, this work investigates impacts of collaborative logistics activities through the development of a simulation and optimization-based decision support system. Results of computational experiments considering fresh food transports in Austria highlight potentials of such joint activities. Particularly, if orders are infrequent and quantities small, collaboration results in a substantial reduction of travel distances and reduces the number of required vehicles. Nevertheless, delivered food quality may deteriorate as consolidating shipments results in longer travel durations as well as additional loading and unloading activities.

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A decision support system to investigate dynamic last-mile distribution facilitating cargo-bikes

Cited by 52 publications

References 26 publications

Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

Framework of Last Mile Logistics Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature

A decision support system to facilitate collaborative supply of food cooperatives

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