Business Modeling of a City Logistics ICT Platform

Marco, Alberto De; Mangano, Giulio; Zenezini, Giovanni; Cagliano, Anna Corinna; Perboli, Guido; Rosano, Mariangela; Musso, Stefano

doi:10.1109/compsac.2017.76

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“…The reason of such unavailability of real data relies on the poor commitment of the stakeholders and their availability to share information as well as the high effort in terms of time and expertise needed to gather these realistic data and to embed them in the decision-support systems. The data streams concerning the business models, the cost structures, and the operations used in this paper are realistic and they are provided by a worldwide parcel delivery company and by stakeholders respectively involved in the two research projects URBan Electronic LOGistics (URBeLOG) and Synchro-NET [27,29,30]. In particular, we conducted interviews with the CEO, COO and marketing directors of the companies operating parcel delivery in Italy, and an in-depth analysis of their financial statements, to obtain information concerning the business models and costs structures.…”

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A Managerial Analysis of Urban Parcel Delivery: A Lean Business Approach

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The improper integration of traditional transportation modes with low emissions vehicles can generate a price war that reduces the service quality, undermining the efficiency and the profitability of parcel delivery operators. This paper aims to provide managerial insights to design a win-win strategy for the co-existence of traditional and green business models. In doing so, we adopt a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates a qualitative analysis through a Lean Business methodology, named GUEST, with a quantitative analysis based on simulation-optimisation techniques. This kind of holistic vision has received little attention in the literature. The first analysis investigates the parcel delivery industry with an emphasis on the main business models involved, their costs and revenues structures, while the quantitative part aims to simulate the system and extract sustainable policies. In particular, results highlight that in deploying mixed-fleet policies, the decision-makers have to focus both on the environmental sustainability that benefits from the adoption of low-emission vehicles, and on the operational feasibility and economic sustainability of the two services. In this direction, the paper suggests some managerial insights concerning the split of the customer demand between traditional and green operators, according to the classes of parcels and geographical areas of the city.

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A Managerial Analysis of Urban Parcel Delivery: A Lean Business Approach

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“…Another holistic vision to be mentioned in this context is called "Tomorrow's Cities", developed by the German Environment Agency, and an experimental application of this vision with the focus on measures to improve walking and cycling is the Berlin Mobility Lab Flaniermeile Friedrichstrasse [56,57]. Other noteworthy experiences involve the city of Turin, in Italy, where the Torino City Lab operates at different levels to test innovative mobility solutions [58,59].…”

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Urban Policies and Planning Approaches for a Safer and Climate Friendlier Mobility in Cities: Strategies, Initiatives and Some Analysis

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How can urban policies and planning approaches help in achieving a safer mobility and carbon reduction in the transport sector? The attention of planners and policy makers towards the promotion of sustainability and reduction of environmental impacts has grown in recent years. This paper investigates the role that Urban Planning plays in the long term towards a safer and climate friendlier mobility, highlighting the need for integrated approaches gathering spatial planning and mobility management. After a review of several urban policies and planning strategies, initiatives, and approaches, mainly based on the urban scale, the paper presents an urban regeneration case study leading to an increase of pedestrian accessibility at the neighborhood level. This can be seen as a support tool to foster sustainable, safe, and climate friendly mobility in cities. The results of the performed analysis show a dependency of accessibility from two different factors: the distribution of services and the capillarity of the soft mobility network, which can contribute to creating a more walkable space.

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“…Crainic et al [17] highlighted that there is a more general lack. Only in the past decade some papers have shown the benefits of a mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches for sustainable and green logistics (Rosano et al [6], Perboli and Rosano [5], Perboli and Rosano [172], De Marco et al [173], Tadei et al [174], Brotcorne et al [8], Perboli et al [175], Perboli et al [176], Fadda et al [177], and Perboli et al [178]). This is a big gap between the literature and practice.…”

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A Survey on Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Routing Problem and a Proposal of Its Classification

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The growth of environmental awareness and more robust enforcement of numerous regulations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have directed efforts towards addressing current environmental challenges. Considering the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), one of the effective strategies to control greenhouse gas emissions is to convert the fossil fuel-powered fleet into Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EFVs). Given the multitude of constraints and assumptions defined for different types of VRPs, as well as assumptions and operational constraints specific to each type of EFV, many variants of environmentally friendly VRPs (EF-VRP) have been introduced. In this paper, studies conducted on the subject of EF-VRP are reviewed, considering all the road transport EFV types and problem variants, and classifying and discussing with a single holistic vision. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it determines a classification of EF-VRP studies based on different types of EFVs, i.e., Alternative-Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid Vehicles (HVs). Second, it presents a comprehensive survey by considering each variant of the classification, technical constraints and solution methods arising in the literature. The results of this paper show that studies on EF-VRP are relatively novel and there is still room for large improvements in several areas. So, to determine future insights, for each classification of EF-VRP studies, the paper provides the literature gaps and future research needs.

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Business Modeling of a City Logistics ICT Platform

Cited by 20 publications

References 18 publications

A Managerial Analysis of Urban Parcel Delivery: A Lean Business Approach

A Managerial Analysis of Urban Parcel Delivery: A Lean Business Approach

Urban Policies and Planning Approaches for a Safer and Climate Friendlier Mobility in Cities: Strategies, Initiatives and Some Analysis

A Survey on Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Routing Problem and a Proposal of Its Classification

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