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Solution approaches for combining first-mile pickup and last-mile delivery in an e-commerce logistic network: A systematic literature review

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dc.contributor.author Ranathunga, M. I. D.
dc.contributor.author Wijayanayake, A. N.
dc.contributor.author Niwunhella, D. H. H.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-31T07:23:24Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-31T07:23:24Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Ranathunga M. I. D.; Wijayanayake A. N.; Niwunhella D. H. H. (2021), Solution approaches for combining first-mile pickup and last-mile delivery in an e-commerce logistic network: A systematic literature review, International Research Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering (SCSE 2021), Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka. 267-275. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25391
dc.description.abstract Logistics is one of the primary areas of operation within cutting-edge supply chain operations. In the e-commerce supply chain also logistics operations play a vital part. The logistics operations must be controlled effectively and efficiently since they deal with the high-cost besides environmental impacts. In e-commerce logistics operations, first-mile and last-mile delivery operations are considered as the operations with the highest costs incurred. So, e-commerce service providers are interested in optimizing their first-mile and last-mile delivery operations. Though it is known that the integration of first-mile pickup and last-mile deliveries will minimize the cost of transportation, there are more practical concerns to be taken into account when combining the first-mile pickup and last-mile delivery operations. Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) is discussed in the literature as a solution approach for this kind of problems. The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current CVRP related literature, including models, algorithmic solution approaches, objectives, and industrial applications, with a focus of identifying interesting study paths for the future to improve distribution in e-commerce logistics networks by combining first-mile pickup and last-mile delivery operations. The findings of the study have demonstrated that constraints and features of Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls are very attractive with today's e-commerce operations, and the majority of the cited publications employed approximation methods rather than precise algorithms to solve these types of models. en_US
dc.publisher Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject capacitated vehicle routing problem, e-commerce, first-mile and last-mile delivery en_US
dc.title Solution approaches for combining first-mile pickup and last-mile delivery in an e-commerce logistic network: A systematic literature review en_US


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