Modelling and solution approaches for the interconnected city logistics

Mohamed, Imen Ben; Klibi, Walid; Labarthe, Olivier; Deschamps, Jean‐Christophe; Babaï, Mohamed Zied

doi:10.1080/00207543.2016.1267412

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“…Moreover, other studies discuss the interconnected city logistics (ICL) topic using simulation and mathematical models to solve some routing problems. To illustrate, [53] discuss PI-enabled urban transport and attempt to model essential organisational elements of the ICL initiative. [54] aim to explore an alternative approach to reverse e-commerce flows collection citywide, and [52] examine the potential for open mobility webs in an urban environment with e-commerce warehouses based on the PI concept.…”

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The Interplay between the Physical Internet and Logistics: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions

Neila

Rejeb

Németh

2021

Acta Tech. Jaurinensis

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In recent years, there is a need for new methods and frameworks for planning transport systems, improving their efficiency, and addressing globalisation and sustainability challenges. In addition, the use of existing capacities and infrastructure has raised significant issues in the transport sector. To achieve an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable logistics ecosystem, Benoit Montreuil introduces the concept of “Physical Internet” (PI) to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of logistics networks. As a ground-breaking transportation philosophy, the PI aims to revolutionise freight and logistics transport. Moreover, the PI can enhance logistics productivity through the organisation of large-scale pooling. Similar to Digital Internet that conveys data, the PI strives to connect, synchronise, and ship regular modular containers from the point of origin to an exact destination, thereby creating robust and collaborative logistics networks. While the literature on the PI is relatively growing, there is still a lack of reviews that synthesise this knowledge body, identify current trends and gaps, and advance the research more broadly. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the potentials of the PI for the development of sustainable logistics networks. Overall, 59 studies are selected from leading academic databases and further analysed. The review findings reveal that most scholars focus on the optimisation of transport at the tactical and organisational stage while devoting little attention to the contribution of the PI to the social sustainability of logistics compared to the economic and environmental aspects.

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The Interplay between the Physical Internet and Logistics: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions

Neila

Rejeb

Németh

2021

Acta Tech. Jaurinensis

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“…Despite being a relatively new concept (the first mention of the Physical Internet appeared in an article in the June 17, 2006 edition of The Economist (Markillie 2006)), it has attracted much attention from various stakeholders. The research on the PI spreads over various topics in logistics, such as container standardization (Lin et al 2014); delivery schedule optimization (Yao 2017); vehicle routing optimization (Walha et al 2016); city logistics (Mohamed et al 2017); intermodal transportation (Sun et al 2018); synchromodal transportation (Ambra et al 2019); PI‐enabled information systems (Chen et al 2018); coordination of production, inventory, and transportation (Ji et al 2019); and vendor‐managed inventory management (Pan et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

From the Digital Internet to the Physical Internet: A Conceptual Framework With a Stylized Network Model

Dong¹,

Franklin

2020

J of Business Logistics

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Despite the increasing academic interest and financial support for the Physical Internet (PI), surprisingly little is known about its operationalization and implementation. In this paper, we suggest studying the PI on the basis of the Digital Internet (DI), which is a well‐established entity. We propose a conceptual framework for the PI network using the DI as a starting point, and find that the PI network not only needs to solve the reachability problem, that is, how to route an item from A to B, but also must confront a more complicated optimality problem, that is, how to dynamically optimize a set of additional logistics‐related metrics such as cost, emissions and time for a shipment. These last issues are less critical for the DI and handled using relatively simpler procedures. Based on our conceptual framework, we then propose a simple network model using graph theory to support the operationalization of the PI. The model covers the characteristics of the PI raised in the current literature and suggests future directions for further quantitative analyses.

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“…More recently, Ben Mohamed et al. (2017) study the urban transportation problem in a PI‐enabled setting by using different types of vehicles. Chen et al.…”

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Do You See What I See? A Simulation Analysis of Order Bundling within a Transparent User Network in Geographic Space

Ambra

Caris

Macharis

2020

J of Business Logistics

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The Physical Internet (PI) concept presents a radical change with the aim to revert the unsustainable practices that are used for transporting goods. It identifies dedicated freight flows and transforms them into transparent open logistics networks which can be accessed by other users, such as shippers and carriers. In this paper, we test the universal network openness in which the users can tap into the PI network and place orders that will be assigned to the nearest available transport service and consequently delivered to the order sender. The objective of our paper is to investigate the impact of inserting extra service points into existing dedicated freight flows of a service‐driven company. We simulate different transparency levels and routings to new pickup locations and evaluate the impact in terms of altered lead times, covered distances, and fill rates. The novel aspects presented herein are (1) deliveries based on decentralized location detection of the nearest order sender, (2) dynamically changing speed parameters of agents within specific geographic clusters based on their geo‐locations in order to account for congestion levels, (3) more realistic routing strategies that consider the urban layout, and (4) transparent querying of nearest agents in space and time that meet specific conditions such as current ongoing processes, available capacity, and position. Finally, we identify the impact from a general/holistic perspective that emerges once extra orders are assigned to the service‐driven company's fleet.

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Modelling and solution approaches for the interconnected city logistics

Cited by 58 publications

References 20 publications

The Interplay between the Physical Internet and Logistics: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions

The Interplay between the Physical Internet and Logistics: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions

From the Digital Internet to the Physical Internet: A Conceptual Framework With a Stylized Network Model

Do You See What I See? A Simulation Analysis of Order Bundling within a Transparent User Network in Geographic Space

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