Quantifying the impact of delivery day flexibility on last-mile delivery costs
Last-mile delivery operations are often required to uphold rigid delivery dates, such as the day after an order is placed. However, given the inherent temporal stochasticity in customer order placement, this practice can overwhelm the available vehicle fleet with long routes and the need for driver...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Digital Chemical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772508122000473 |