results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...

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Sustainability has gained significant importance in e-commerce, as it impacts both consumer behavior and company success. This paper contributes to the literature on sustainability e-commerce by studying perceived of three common last-mile delivery methods (home delivery, parcel lockers, click collect) other drivers consumers’ acceptance each method (perceived costs, convenience). Based a revie...

Alternative delivery applications are gaining popularity today, and parcel lockers differentiated from others as they offer different location options to customers. One of the biggest problems faced by courier companies today is that customers not always available at place during delivery. This leads an increase in failed deliveries extra burden on last mile operations, only terms cost, but als...

Parcel sorting is becoming a significant challenge for delivery distribution centers and mostly automated by using high-throughput machinery, but manual work still used to feed these machines placing the parcels on conveyor belt. In this paper, an AI-based robotic solution that automates parcel placement task was developed. The architecture of proposed system along with methods how implement it...

The development of urban logistics is closely related to the inhabitants specific areas. People are changing their shopping habits, hence growing share online shopping. consequence foregoing increased demand for parcel delivery customers’ addresses as well in-store and automated pick-up points. This has number couriers that provide services. To achieve sustainable development, there a real need...

Freight transportation in urban areas represents an essential activity from the standpoint of economic development; recent years, spread e-commerce (also accelerated by COVID-19) has contributed to increasing demand for freight distribution over short distances. In most cities, approaches and measures are often based on new technologies. Nevertheless, today there contexts wherein delivery opera...

B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery (LMD) is a critical process, considering both efficiency and effectiveness: it implies high costs, online customers have stringent service level expectations. One promising LMD solution based on crowdsourcing logistics (CL) the ‘multi-parcel’ paradigm (each rider accomplishes different deliveries in same tour). This work analyses impact of multi-parcel CL costs...

Emerging unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies have motivated logistics carriers to seek last-mile parcel delivery through the air so as benefit from its convenience and flexibility. However, UAV-based services are limited by several binding factors, such low battery capacities short range, which in turn require simultaneous use of a large fleet for commercial scale operations. In cases, c...

Customers’ expectations of timely and accurate delivery pickup online purchases pose a new challenge to last-mile delivery. When the goods sent customers are not received, they must be returned warehouse. This situation provides high additional cost. Parcel locker systems convenience stores have been launched solve this problem serve as payment stations. research investigates distribution in au...