How to best deliver goods to consumers has been a logistics question since time
immemorial. However, almost all traditional delivery models involved a form of company …

This survey article provides an overview on future directions for research in urban mobility
and city logistics. It sets a focus on three particularly serious changes in the business …

The fast-growing practice of e-commerce implies a strong increase in parcel deliveries,
which in turn creates significant pressure on last-mile city logistics. Due to the important role …

Seeing the huge success of sharing platforms such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb, where owners
of under-used assets are connected with users willing to pay for the use of these assets, it is …

In this paper, we present the vehicle routing problem (VRP) with occasional drivers (OD) and
order bundles (OB). The problem VRP-OD-OB is an extension of the VRP-OD, where …

In the digital era, third-party food delivery operations are very popular all around the world.
However, to achieve a sustainable operation for food delivery businesses is a challenging …

Meal delivery services is an enormous competitive market, and the most influential factor in
this market is customer experience. As a result, it is crucial to have an efficient delivery …

Using crowdsourced delivery capacity, that is, individuals offering their vehicle and their time
to perform deliveries, can allow companies to provide faster delivery options and more …

With the emergence of new technologies that ensures information collection and effective
information sharing between customers and O2O retail companies, new challenges arise to …

The prosperity of the platform economy has facilitated online sales. This study investigates
the influential factors of online sales across the online-to-offline (O2O) on-demand and …