Distribution System with Flow Consolidation at the Boundary of Urban Congested Areas

Raicu, Şerban; Costescu, Dorinela; Burciu, Ştefan

doi:10.3390/su12030990

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“…Temporal and spatial demand consolidation, according to some aspects of homogeneity, through consolidation centres, represents the foundation for planning and development of future CL systems [20]. Flow consolidation can take place at the outskirts of urban areas [35], or in the delivery zone, through micro-consolidation centres (MCC) [36]. Furthermore, the application of intermodal transportation (IT) and cooperation among participants (especially the carriers of logistics activities) have a significant role in the planning of those systems [20].…”

Section: Defining Sustainable CL Conceptsmentioning

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Planning and development of sustanable logistics systems at a micro-level

Kovač¹,

Tadić²,

Krstić³

2022

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The sustainability of urban areas is for decades a controversial point in the issues of sustainable development. Inefficient realization of logistics activities in urban areas results in numerous negative effects on sustainability. Especially unsustainable consequences are those of the dominant road transportation role in urban goods delivery. Achieving sustainability at a micro-level is possible only with the planning of city logistics (CL) systems through the development of different logistics centres categories, flow consolidation, cooperation, and intensive application of alternative transportation modes. The planning of CL systems is a complex task that involves several stakeholders with complex interrelationships and conflicting goals. This article indicates the importance of CL planning in achieving local, micro sustainability. Main stakeholders, criteria, and CL concepts are described in the article. In accordance with the existing literature in the field, new technologies, and approaches, seven potentially sustainable CL concepts are defined.

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Section: Defining Sustainable CL Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Planning and development of sustanable logistics systems at a micro-level

Kovač¹,

Tadić²,

Krstić³

2022

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“…Flow consolidation, as the foundation of modern CL understanding, has attracted lots of attention in scientific research because of its flexibility and convenience for combining with other CL initiatives, measures, solutions, and technologies [14,15]. In the physical sense, two forms of consolidation exist-macroconsolidation (at the outskirts of urban areas, through urban consolidation centers-UCCs) [16] and micro-consolidation (in the delivery zone, through micro-consolidation centers-MCCs) [17]. Integration of demands, based on some homogeneity aspect, through consolidation achieves significant positive effects on sustainability and represents the base for further planning and development of CL systems.…”

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Novel Spherical Fuzzy MARCOS Method for Assessment of Drone‐Based City Logistics Concepts

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Technological innovations from the last few years, in the combination with city logistics (CL) initiatives, make the definition of novel, complex, sustainable CL solutions possible. Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) as a technology attracted lots of attention in the literature. Various researches focused on different drone-based delivery approaches, but there are only a few articles dealing with drones as the elements of complex CL concepts. The goal of this paper is to evaluate different drone-based CL concepts. Based on the existing ideas of drone application in delivery, the main group of CL concepts and their variants are defined, which represents the main contribution of the article. The evaluation and ranking of concepts are performed from the aspect of all CL stakeholders and the defined set of criteria by applying measurement of alternatives and ranking according to compromise solution (MARCOS) multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) method in spherical fuzzy environment, which represents another contribution of the article. The results indicate that the potentially best CL concept, with the final score of 0.408, is the one that refers to the transformation of the logistics system into a two-echelon system with the implementation of micro-consolidation centers (MCCs), in which the delivery of goods to MCCs is realized with rail transportation mode and the last delivery phase with drones. It is followed by the concepts that imply MCCs, and rail transportation in the function of mobile depots for drone launching and MCCs and ground delivery vehicles (GDVs), with the final scores of 0.395 and 0.390, respectively.

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“…The technology behind our approach relies on multi-agent system techniques and complex network-based algorithms for optimising sustainable delivery routes [2]. This paper considers the flow consolidation at the boundary of urban congested areas through horizontal collaboration among logistics platforms [3]. A similar problem is tackled in the paper that evaluates shipments consolidation and appropriate delivery fleet selection in terms of a sustainable transport growth within last mile [4].…”

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The Growth of E-Commerce Due to COVID-19 and the Need for Urban Logistics Centers Using Electric Vehicles: Bratislava Case Study

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic there had already been an increase in individual shipment transportation including inner-city areas. During the pandemic and implementation of adopted preventive measures, it has increased by more than 100% in some cities. This presents an unsustainable development, particularly in terms of urban environment. The above-mentioned development has accelerated the research related to optimal allocation of logistics centres considering the last-mile distribution. Unfortunately, the theoretical mathematical model that finds an optimal urban logistics centre location based on the matrix of distance, number, and weight of shipments is not applicable in most cities. Therefore, the following research methodology was chosen in accordance with the approved territorial plan. The authors considered those locations in Bratislava—the capital of Slovak Republic—which are designated, or suitable for building up of an urban logistics centre. These localities were afterwards evaluated in a real-world case study employing methods of mathematical programming (linear programming), the nearest neighbour method, and the Clarke-Wright method. The presented methodology can be applied not only when deciding on the appropriate location of the city logistics centre, but also at optimizing the vehicle routing problem. Taking into account the urban logistics sustainability and the e-commerce growth, it was analysed whether the suggested location of urban logistics centre is feasible to provision examined facilities using electric vehicles. The range of considered electric vehicles of N2 category present in the market tends to be at the limits of distribution routes length for the given case study. Therefore, the article also deals with the fast-charging possibilities of vehicles during handling operations and the use of hybrid freight vehicles in city logistics.

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Distribution System with Flow Consolidation at the Boundary of Urban Congested Areas

Cited by 11 publications

References 31 publications

Planning and development of sustanable logistics systems at a micro-level

Planning and development of sustanable logistics systems at a micro-level

Novel Spherical Fuzzy MARCOS Method for Assessment of Drone‐Based City Logistics Concepts

The Growth of E-Commerce Due to COVID-19 and the Need for Urban Logistics Centers Using Electric Vehicles: Bratislava Case Study

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