A novel districting design approach for on-time last-mile delivery: An application on an express postal company

M. Gabriela Sandoval, Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Jordi Pereira, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado and Juan A. Díaz

Omega, 2022, vol. 113, issue C

Abstract: Last-mile logistics corresponds to the last leg of the supply chain, i.e., the delivery of goods to final customers, and they comprise the core activities of postal and courier companies. Because of their role in the supply chain, last-mile operations are critical for the perception of customers regarding the performance of the whole logistic process. In this sense, the sustained growth of e-commerce, which has been abruptly catalyzed by the irruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, has hanged the habits of customers and overtaxed the operational side of delivery companies, hindering their viability and forcing their adaptation to the novel conditions. Many of these habits will remain after we overcome the sanitary crisis, which will permanently reshape the structure and emphasis of postal supply chains, demanding companies to implement organizational and operational changes to adapt to these new challenges.

Keywords: Districting; Last-mile delivery; Postal delivery; Supply chain management; Heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2022.102687

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