Toward a modern last-mile delivery: Consequences and obstacles of intelligent technology

S Sorooshian, S Khademi Sharifabad… - Applied System …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Last-mile delivery (LMD) is essential in supply chains, and providers of logistics services are
aware that they must adapt to changing customer and society expectations, competition …

Half a decade in two years: household freight after COVID-19

J Beckers, J Cant - Transport Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT E-commerce growth as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic was only
expected to occur by 2025–2030. Online shopping increased in intensity and diversity. At …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing last-mile distribution resilience under demand disruptions

A Pahwa, M Jaller - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant breakdown of the traditional retail sector
resulting in an unprecedented surge in e-commerce demand for the delivery of essential …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating last-mile deliveries and shopping travel emissions by 2050

M Jaller, RI Xiao, S Dennis-Bauer… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential ramifications of e-commerce on shopping behaviors,
travel, and residential deliveries by the year 2050. A comprehensive modeling framework …

[HTML][HTML] A large-scale analytical residential parcel delivery model evaluating greenhouse gas emissions, COVID-19 impact, and cargo bikes

H Yang, H Landes, JYJ Chow - International Journal of Transportation …, 2023 - Elsevier
The e-commerce industry has experienced significant growth in the past decade, particularly
post-COVID. To accommodate such growth, the parcel delivery sector has also grown …

A multi-depot pollution routing problem with time windows in e-commerce logistics coordination

M Zhang, A Chen, Z Zhao, GQ Huang - Industrial Management & Data …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This research explores mitigating carbon emissions and integrating sustainability in
e-commerce logistics by optimizing the multi-depot pollution routing problem with time …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the online food delivery pricing and waiting time: Evidence from Davis, Sacramento, and San Francisco

E Pourrahmani, M Jaller, DT Fitch-Polse - Transportation Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proliferation of delivery services has increased researchers' and practitioners' interest in
understanding their potential impacts on urban mobility. While there have been studies …

Joint location and pricing optimization of self-service in urban logistics considering customers' choice behavior

W Zhang, M Xu, S Wang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-services by widely-deployed stations allow customers to pick up their packages
themselves and have great potential to reduce last-mile delivery cost by aggregating spatial …

Q-commerce or E-commerce? A systematic state of the art on comparative last-mile logistics greenhouse gas emissions literature review

HP Gund, J Daniel - … Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations …, 2023 - emerald.com
Q-commerce or E-commerce? A systematic state of the art on comparative last-mile logistics
greenhouse gas emissions literature review | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies …

[HTML][HTML] A bi-level approach for last-mile delivery with multiple satellites

ME Bruni, S Khodaparasti, G Perboli - Transportation Research Part C …, 2024 - Elsevier
Last-mile delivery is regarded as an essential, yet challenging problem in city logistics. One
of the most common initiatives, implemented to streamline and support last-mile activities …