Towards sustainable logistics: study of alternative delivery facets

Christian Otter (), Christian Watzl, Daniel Schwarz and Pamela Priess
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Christian Otter: Pan-European University
Christian Watzl: Pan-European University
Daniel Schwarz: Pan-European University
Pamela Priess: Pan-European University

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Abstract: The Courier, Express and Parcel services (CEP) sector is a constant growing one. The changes concerning e-commerce have impact in the industry which is looking for solution. This research, based on a web survey with 1019 computer assisted web interviews, presents e-commerce customer expectations in alternative delivery time frames and considers the impacts in the last mile of attended home delivery, reception boxes and collection-and-delivery points. The analysed alternative delivery time frames are Express delivery within 3 hours, evening delivery, Saturday delivery, Sunday delivery and customer selected time frame. Within these the focus is on e-commerce purchase habits, frequency of purchase, products, time of purchase, interest in alternative delivery time frames, usage or preferences and finally the willingness to pay for an alternative delivery. The results show a tendency of more than two thirds towards consumer selected delivery time frame, Saturday delivery and evening delivery, which is accompanied by easy accessible Reception Boxes (RBs). The research study also performs regression analysis and finds a significant impact of Alternative Delivery Time Frame (ADTF), and Delivery Methods (DM) on customer's willingness to pay.

Keywords: sustainable logistics; parcel delivery customer expectations; e-commerce; last mile problem; courier express parcel services; delivery time windows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06-30
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Published in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2017, 4 (4), pp.460 - 476. ⟨10.9770/jesi.2017.4.4(5)⟩

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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2017.4.4(5)

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