A study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era

M. Suguna (), Bhavin Shah (), S. Karthik Raj () and M. Suresh ()
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M. Suguna: Kumaraguru College of Technology
Bhavin Shah: Indian Institute of Management
S. Karthik Raj: Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
M. Suresh: Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Operations Management Research, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, No 23, 399-412

Abstract: Abstract The Covid-19 has shifted the face of many markets including e-commerce and online business with many bottlenecks to be cleared. The last-mile delivery project has the greatest effect on all types of e-commerce companies because it has many consumer touchpoints as well as the Covid-19 pain points. Due to these interconnected issues, the delivery projects itself requires modern solutions. The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and categorize the major factors that affect the last mile delivery projects in e-commerce, food sector, retail sector and so on using total ınterpretive structural modelling approach during the Covid-19. Ten major factors are identified from literature review, and expert opinions are collected from multiple organizations that are involved in the last mile delivery projects. The results indicate that types of goods, achieving routing efficiency and meeting fulfilment timeline are the key factors for last mile delivery projects during the time of Covid-19. This study helps the managers to identify the key factors and to focus on these factors for the successful implementation of last mile delivery project.

Keywords: Delivery projects; Last mile delivery; Project success factors; Logistics; Covid-19 influence; Distribution projects; Total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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