Browsing Supply Chain Management by Subject "Environment"

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    • Assessing Feasibility of the Delivery Drone 

      Butcher, Blane; Lim, Kok (2019)
      Service level growth is hindered by declining activity from customers needing access to physical assets stored by the sponsor company. The delivery drone presents a viable option to support the initiative of maintaining ...

    • E-commerce and the environment: Finding the optimal location for in-store pick-up 

      Alvarado, Carla; Liu, Yangfei (2019)
      In recent years, ecommerce has been expanding at an increasing rate. Many retailers are making efforts to improve their channel integration to enhance the order fulfillments for their customers. Therefore, companies often ...

    • Impact of Freight Consolidation on Logistics Cost and Emissions 

      Mohan, Ajay; So, Sik (Lance) (2019)
      The transportation sector is one of the two principal contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and its contributions are expected to double by 2050. Growing consumer demand for home deliveries with high service levels ...

    • Increasing Fleet Utilization Through a Heuristic to Determine Optimal Backhaul Routes 

      Tahilyani, Geetika; Venkatesh, Shrihari (2019)
      As transportation costs rise, companies need to become more efficient to remain profitable. One way to increase efficiency in transportation is to increase fleet utilization through the addition of backhaul routes. Most ...

    • Optimal Green Fleet Composition Using Machine Learning 

      Patil, Vrushali; Samaha, Elissar (2019)
      Due to the use of petroleum-based fuel, the transportation sector is one of the two principal contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and its contributions are expected to double by 2050. Freight sector contributes to ...