From home delivery to parcel lockers: A case study in Amsterdam

Ron van Duin; Bart Wiegmans; Bart van Arem; Yorick van Amstel

From home delivery to parcel lockers: A case study in Amsterdam

Ron van Duin, Bart Wiegmans, Bart van Arem, Yorick van Amstel

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E-commerce is still a strong growing segment with fierce competition among the parcel delivery service providers. To stay ahead of the competitors innovation is necessary. Currently, parcels are being delivered with large delivery vans which will usually deliver single parcels to doorsteps of their customers. This so called last mile is the most expensive logistics activity. In the literature it is proposed that parcel lockers have high potential to save cost. In our paper a literature review on parcel lockers, 3 methods for analysis are described and the results of a case study are provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 11th International Conference on City Logistics
Place of Publication	Dubrovnik
Publisher	Institute for city logistics
Chapter	10
Pages	88-96
Number of pages	9
Edition	11
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	The 11th International Conference on City Logistics - Valamar Dubrovnik President hotel, Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 12 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019 http://citylogistics.org/conference/

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Conference	The 11th International Conference on City Logistics
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	12/06/19 → 14/06/19
Internet address	http://citylogistics.org/conference/

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Parcel delivery, Parcel lockers, Modelling, Implementation

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From home delivery to parcel lockers: A case study in Amsterdam
Van Duin, J. H. R., Wiegmans, B. W., Van Arem, B. & Van Amstel, Y., 2020, In: Transportation Research Procedia. 46, p. 37-44 8 p.
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