Dispatch optimisation in O2O on-demand service with crowd-sourced and in-house drivers

Jiawei Tao, Hongyan Dai, Hai Jiang and Weiwei Chen

International Journal of Production Research, 2021, vol. 59, issue 20, 6054-6068

Abstract: O2O (Online to Offline) services enable customers to place orders online and receive products/services offline. In addition to traditional in-house drivers, the emergence of crowd-sourced drivers provides an opportunity to re-organise offline delivery services. In practice, three types of workforce, namely, in-house, full-time, and part-time crowd-sourced drivers, coexist in the system while exhibiting different characteristics. This situation creates challenges for the management of order assignment and routing. In particular, we study three settings in response to different driver preferences: the guaranteed minimum daily number of orders for full-time drivers; the maximally allowed number of orders per trip; and the detour proportion for part-time drivers. This paper aims to provide a method for O2O platforms to optimise order assignment and routing, considering these designs about driver preferences. We further validate our model and study managerial insights using real datasets. Specifically, the results show that among all designed parameters for the O2O on-demand delivery system, two parameters – the maximally allowed number of orders per trip and the detour proportion – are critical for the design. Moreover, we find that incentive mechanisms for inexperienced and experienced drivers are different because of their service capacities. The managerial insights are expected to guide practitioners.

Date: 2021
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