Parcel lockers vs. home delivery: a model to compare last-mile delivery cost in urban and rural areas

A Seghezzi, C Siragusa… - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
… This study develops an analytical model that estimates delivery costs for both the PL and
HD options. The model is applied to two base cases (representative of urban and rural areas in …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible parcel delivery to automated parcel lockers: models, solution methods and analysis

I Orenstein, T Raviv, E Sadan - EURO Journal on Transportation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
… the last leg of the delivery process for small parcels, ie, from a … share of the costs in the
parcel delivery industry (Goodman … cost of delivering a parcel by dividing the transportation cost

The impact of optimal parcel locker locations on costs and the environment

M Peppel, S Spinler - International Journal of Physical Distribution & …, 2022 - emerald.com
… high costs. The purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to designing stationary parcel
locker (… both CO 2 equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions and costs during delivery and pick-up. …

Do parcel lockers reduce delivery times? Evidence from the field

A Ranjbari, C Diehl, G Dalla Chiara… - … Research Part E …, 2023 - Elsevier
delivery over the public parcel lockers, 60–70% of respondents in either study expressed an
interest in using parcel lockers… time of the day and lower delivery costs as primary perceived …

[HTML][HTML] Combining parcel lockers with staffed collection and delivery points: An optimization case study using real parcel delivery data (London, UK)

M Schnieder, C Hinde, A West - Journal of Open Innovation: Technology …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… the optimal number of parcel lockers at a staffed CDP based on real parcel delivery data. The
… phase, when neither the detailed costs to set up a parcel locker nor the costs to deliver one …

Home Delivery vs Parcel Lockers: an economic and environmental assessment

M Giuffrida, R Mangiaracina, A Perego… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - re.public.polimi.it
Parcel Lockers (PLs). More in detail, our objective is to develop an analytical model to assess
the costs … compare them with the ones of traditional Home Delivery (HD). The paper adopts …

Pricing of parcel locker service in urban logistics by a TSP model of last-mile delivery

Y Yu, F Lian, Z Yang - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
… With smart parcel lockers becoming the new delivery … last-mile delivery routes, save delivery
costs, and improve delivery … , the saved delivery cost with the use of the parcel lockers is …

[HTML][HTML] The vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery and parcel lockers

VF Yu, H Susanto, YH Yeh, SW Lin, YT Huang - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
… home delivery and pickup, parcel locker delivery and pickup, and home or parcel locker delivery
… from reducing transportation costs by reducing the pickup delivery point of the shipment. …

Parcel lockers, an answer to the pressure on the last mile delivery?

Ö Zurel, L Van Hoyweghen, S Braes… - New business and …, 2018 - Springer
… , parcel locker delivery is estimated to be more cost efficient than traditional home delivery. …
If we compare these cost savings to the installation cost of one parcel locker location, this …

Crowdsourced last-mile delivery with parcel lockers

H Ghaderi, L Zhang, PW Tsai, J Woo - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
parcel lockers and allocating delivery tasks. A two-phase algorithm is then developed to rank
and choose parcel lockers from … It is reasonable to consider that single delivery costs less …