Urban Freight in Dublin City Center, Ireland

Finnegan, Clare; Finlay, Hugh; O’Mahony, Margaret; O’Sullivan, Dónal

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“…Logistics and supply chain design focuses on the design of various supply chain aspects, such as fulfillment [12], distribution [127], hub and spoke systems [124], last mile logistics models [3], and logistics challenges related to the distribution system [130]. Urban freight terminals include urban distribution centers [138], urban consolidation centers [135], mobile depots [132], and loading bays [136]. Urban planning focuses on articles related to urban planning, particularly the impact of urban freight activity [143] and parking practices [145].…”

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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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Section: Themes In Last Mile Logisticsmentioning

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

2019

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“…Large scale (economies of scale) is commonly described as necessary to generate enough income for a UCC to be viable. Several ways to reach economies of scale are put forward, such as high density of receivers (Paddeu et al , 2017; Triantafyllou et al , 2014; Finnegan et al , 2005), high number of LSPs (Ville et al , 2013), and a sufficient number of products passing through the UCC (Allen et al , 2014; Finnegan et al , 2005).…”

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Urban consolidation centre – a literature review, categorisation, and a future research agenda

Björklund

Johansson

2018

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Purpose: Urban consolidation centre (UCC) is a popular initiative targeting the challenge of negative environmental and social impacts from freight transports in cities. Despite this, UCC often fails in practice, which indicates a knowledge gap. Furthermore, research within the field can be described as fragmented, transdisciplinary, and fast-growing. This paper aims to provide an overview of the field by describing dominant categories and themes within the area, identify gaps in order to propose a future research agenda, and provide insights into the needs of practitioners. Research approach: A systematic literature review targeting journal articles based on UCCs has been constructed with a supplementary snowball approach. A content analysis was performed to categorise themes in the research on UCCs and to identify research gaps, both within and outside the categories identified. Findings and originality: Despite substantial research on UCC, very little research ends up in academic journals. Fifty-six articles address UCC. The most common topics were the role of stakeholders, design of distribution structures and transport resources, environmental and social consideration, and economic considerations. Much focus is directed towards finding "optimal" solutions and designs for potential initiatives with very little, if any, consideration to financial viability or the management of the UCC initiative. Research impact: This research points out existing gaps in the literature and proposes a future research agenda with UCCs as the focus. For example, although environmental and social arguments are often applied to justify the implementation of UCCs, few studies measure or evaluate their impact. Another important research gap is the economical consideration, both how to generate revenue and how to consider economies of scale. Practical impact: The practical contribution of most studies is directed towards municipalities. Few findings are presented in a way to support companies. Additionally, by bridging the gaps related to how stakeholders can collaborate and describe what is happening in a UCC, practitioners can use such information as guidelines. Originality: The results provides a research agenda for the fragmented research targeting urban consolidation centres, supporting the viability of future initiatives.

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“…Over the last few years, new distribution centers (called Urban Distribution Centers, UDCs or DCs) have appeared within the cities. Finnegan et al (2005), present a study evaluating sustainable freight distribution in the city center of Dublin, focusing particularly on urban distribution centers and managing the last mile delivery.…”

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Modelization of Time-Dependent Urban Freight Problems by Using a Multiple Number of Distribution Centers

2009

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The aim of the paper is to model urban distribution vehicle routing problems by means of hubs in large cities. The idea behind the urban distribution center (DC) is to provide buffer points where cargo and packages which are to be delivered to shops and businesses can be stored beforehand. At these centers, there will be other kinds of routing problems corresponding to other fairly similar distribution problems. In this paper, a new vehicle routing model (based on the known Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, TDVRPTW) has been carried out and a change in the traditional approach is proposed, by adopting a system in which some customers are served by urban DCs while remaining customers are served by traditional routes. This study is also motivated by recent developments in real time traffic data acquisition systems, as well as national and international policies aimed at reducing concentrations of greenhouse gases emitted by traditional vans. By using k DCs, the whole problem is now composed of k+1 problems: one special VRPTW for each DC in addition to the main problem, in which some customers and k DC are serviced. The model has been tested by simulating one real case of pharmaceutical distribution within the city of Zaragoza.

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Urban Freight in Dublin City Center, Ireland

Cited by 6 publications

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

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

Urban consolidation centre – a literature review, categorisation, and a future research agenda

Modelization of Time-Dependent Urban Freight Problems by Using a Multiple Number of Distribution Centers

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