E-commerce last-mile in Belgium: Developing an external cost delivery index

The Future of Last - Mile Delivery

An Adaptive Decision Support System for Last Mile Logistics in E-Commerce: A Study on Online Grocery Shopping

Last mile logistics represent one of the most important challenging issues in online grocery shopping. Online customers are expecting high logistical services, demanding convenience, high reliable and on-time delivery services. As such, online retailers have to respond to these expectations by providing convenient logistical services while keeping this process cost efficient as much as possible...

Transshipment Networks for Last-Mile Delivery in Congested Urban Areas1

This paper introduces the concept of transshipment networks, a collection of strategically located transshipment platforms, for efficient and flexible last-mile delivery in congested urban areas. By implementing transshipment platforms, logistics operators can select the locations, light-freight vehicle types and operating schedules that best fit specific distribution strategies, and, simultane...

Minimizing waiting time in last mile delivery for smart city

Customers consider a reliable and on-time last mile delivery in Omni-channel business as important as price and good’s quality. We focus on minimizing the waiting time for customers and carriers in last mile delivery. We model the problem as an optimization problem and develop Genetic Algorithm to solve it.

The last mile: earthquake risk mitigation assistance in developing countries.

Over the past few decades, we have seen many joint programmes between developed countries and developing countries to help the latter in managing their earthquake risks. These programmes span the whole spectrum of disciplines from seismology and geology to engineering, social science and economics. Many of these programmes have been effective in raising awareness, in urging governments to work ...