scholarly journals SUSTAINABILITY TRENDS IN THE POSTAL SYSTEMS OF LAST-MILE DELIVERY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Lazarević ◽  
Momčilo Dobrodolac
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Trial Phase

Postal systems are characterized by strong infrastructure and appropriate human, technical, and technological resources. The activities of these systems are economically demanding and impact the environment, which represents some of the most delicate problems of sustainable development. This paper presents the basic principles and proposals for the improvement of sustainable development capabilities in the postal systems. A review of modern means of transport is offered. Some of these means are still in the trial phase; however, their implementation is expected in the near future based on both, economic and environmental reasons. 

scholarly journals Using the FAHP, ISM, and MICMAC Approaches to Study the Sustainability Influencing Factors of the Last Mile Delivery of Rural E-Commerce Logistics

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Jiang ◽  
Huiying Wang ◽  
Xiucheng Guo ◽  
Xiaolin Gong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Matrix Multiplication ◽  
Advance Reservation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

The development of rural e-commerce has rapidly driven the development of rural logistics in China. Improving the service quality of the last mile delivery is an important measure to promote the sustainable development of rural e-commerce logistics. However, such work is challenging because the current rural last mile delivery is inefficient and unsustainable and is influenced by a set of interacting factors. It is necessary to explore the relationships among the sustainability influencing factors of rural last mile delivery. A total of 15 sustainability influencing factors are selected. The improved fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is used to assign the weights of the factors and then the interpretative structural model (ISM) is used to determine the hierarchical structure of each factor. The driving force-dependency quadrant graph is constructed by cross-impact matrix multiplication (MICMAC). The research results show that four factors, including “convenience of returning goods”, “integrity of goods”, “advance reservation of goods pickup”, and “delivery costs”, are the most basic factors affecting the sustainability of rural last mile delivery and are the deepest and most indispensable factors. This research provides valuable information for decision makers to develop proactive strategies and reinforcement policies to improve the service quality of rural last mile delivery, which could promote the sustainable development of rural logistics.

scholarly journals Analyzing Service Quality Evaluation Indexes of Rural Last Mile Delivery Using FCE and ISM Approach

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Jiang ◽  
Huiying Wang ◽  
Xiucheng Guo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Service Quality Evaluation ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

The advent of e-commerce has led to a rapid acceleration of rural logistics development in China. To enhance green and sustainable development of rural logistics, it is necessary to improve the service quality of the rural last mile delivery and analyze service quality evaluation indexes. An integrated methodology combing fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) and the interpretative structural model (ISM) is presented in the current paper to reveal the relationship between the service quality evaluation indexes of the rural last mile delivery. A total of 18 logistics service quality evaluation indexes in five dimensions are selected. The FCE is used to measure the service quality of rural delivery in an empirical research area, and the weight of each evaluation index is assigned by regression analysis. The ISM is adopted to judge the hierarchical structure of indexes, and a five-layer hierarchy is obtained. The results show that it is necessary to first focus on improving the evaluation indexes of accuracy of goods arrival and timely customer service response. In the case of Shunfeng Express, the company needs to additionally improve the timeliness and rationality of damaged or lost processing goods. Some countermeasures and suggestions are put forward. The proposed integrated method helps to reveal the key service quality evaluation indexes and the areas needing improvement. The use of regression analysis within the FCE method allows the estimation of weights in a relatively objective way. This research provides theoretical support for improving the service quality and customers’ satisfaction of the rural last mile delivery, and enhancing the green and sustainable development of rural logistics.

scholarly journals Delivery Models in Last Mile Logistics

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Stanislava Turská ◽  
◽  
Roman Chinoracký ◽  
Jana Kurotová ◽  
Simona Jaculjaková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Users ◽  
Secondary Research ◽  
Delivery Model ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Delivery Models

In logistics the key problem of last mile is how to deliver goods from distribution hub to end users in cities and built-up areas. The paper deals with an issue of last mile delivery. The main objective of the paper is to analyse possible solutions how to deliver consignments to end customers. To achieve the aim, we realized secondary research in which we identified seven basic delivery models. Some of the delivery models are traditional, but there are delivery models which are a matter of the near future. One of the most appropriate solutions how to enhance effectiveness in the process of last mile delivery is to take advantages of every identified delivery model. Results of the research also imply a comparison of delivery models.

Challenges of the Crisis: How to Measure Sustainable Development?

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bobylev ◽  
N. Zubarevich ◽  
S. Solovyeva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Calculation Methods ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Development Indicators ◽  
Adjusted Net Savings

The article emphasizes the fact that traditional socio-economic indicators do not reflect the challenges of sustainable development adequately, and this is particularly true for the widely-used GDP indicator. In this connection the elaboration of sustainable development indicators is needed, taking into account economic, social and environmental factors. For Russia, adaptation and use of concepts and basic principles of calculation methods for adjusted net savings index (World Bank) and human development index (UNDP) as integral indicators can be promising. The authors have developed the sustainable development index for Russia, which aggregates and allows taking into account balanced economic, social and environmental indicators.

Hybrid last mile delivery fleets with crowdsourcing: A systems view of managing the cost‐service trade‐off

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent E. Castillo ◽  
John E. Bell ◽  
Diane A. Mollenkopf ◽  
Theodore P. Stank
Keyword(s):  
Service Trade ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
Systems View

scholarly journals Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Last-Mile Delivery Considering Backhauls

IEEE Access ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ahram Jeon ◽  
Joohang Kang ◽  
Byungil Choi ◽  
Nakyung Kim ◽  
Joonyup Eun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Last Mile Delivery
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