How to Choose “Last Mile” Delivery Modes for E-Fulfillment

المؤلفون المشاركون

Ruan, Junhu
Zhang, Jun
Zhan, Linmin
Wang, Xuping

المصدر

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-11، 11ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-06-11

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

11

التخصصات الرئيسية

هندسة مدنية

الملخص EN

“Last mile” delivery has become one of the bottlenecks of e-logistics.

This paper aims to explore the competitiveness of three “Last mile” delivery modes—attended home delivery (AHD), reception box (RB), and collection-and-delivery points (CDPs) in different scenarios, especially in high population density scenario.

The advantages and disadvantages of each mode are introduced first.

Then each mode’s operation efficiency is solved with different kinds of vehicle routing problem (VRP) models and genetic algorithm (GA).

Finally the cost of each mode is calculated on the basis of cost structures and operation efficiencies.

The results show that different modes are suitable for different scenarios: (i) AHD and independent reception box work better in a scenario with sparse population or small order quantity; (ii) shared reception box and CDPs are more appropriate in the scenario with high population density and large order quantity, and the better one depends on the cost of labors and facilities; (iii) RB is desirable in some circumstances as delivering fresh vegetables and fruits to the ones living in high-grade communities.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Wang, Xuping& Zhan, Linmin& Ruan, Junhu& Zhang, Jun. 2014. How to Choose “Last Mile” Delivery Modes for E-Fulfillment. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470516

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Wang, Xuping…[et al.]. How to Choose “Last Mile” Delivery Modes for E-Fulfillment. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470516

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Wang, Xuping& Zhan, Linmin& Ruan, Junhu& Zhang, Jun. How to Choose “Last Mile” Delivery Modes for E-Fulfillment. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470516

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-470516