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T1 Does size really matter? Dual distribution channel with vans and autonomous delivery devices
A1 Lemardelé, Clément
A1 Estrada, Miquel
K1 Economía del transporte
K1 Economy on transport
K1 Furgonetas
K1 Vans
K1 Vehículos autónomos
K1 Autonomous vehicles
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
K1 Transporte
K1 Transportation
AB E-commerce sales worldwide are expected to skyrocket in future years, increasing freighttraffic in cities. In this context, sidewalk autonomous delivery devices (ADDs) show greatpotentialities to decrease carriers’ last-mile operation costs. Nevertheless, theimplementation of these autonomous robots requires some adjustments in the supply chainbecause of their particular characteristics. To avoid severe accidents with pedestrians, theirspeed and size will be limited and, as a consequence, ADDs seem more adapted to thedelivery of small items. The objective of this paper is to estimate the carrier’s total operationcosts in a dual delivery channel. If its size is lower than a given threshold, the parcel isdelivered to the customer through a supply chain compound of a logistics micro-hub andADDs. Otherwise, if the parcel is bigger than the given threshold, it is delivered through abusiness-as-usual supply chain with delivery vans. The carrier’s total operation costs is thesum of the costs induced by the two distribution channels. Assuming that the parcel sizefollows a known probability distribution function, the carrier’s total operation costs areestimated using the continuous approximation methodology. Different probabilitydistribution functions modelling the size of the parcels are studied in the paper. Finally, thedual distribution channel is optimized considering the size threshold as a decision variableof the system.
PB Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional
SN 978-84-18465-12-3
YR 2021
FD 2021-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6992
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6992
LA eng
NO Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos
NO The first author would like to personally acknowledge CARNET Barcelona for the funding of this research article, developed in the framework of his PhD thesis.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 30-abr-2024