It is of interest to companies to reduce their high last mile transportation cost by consolidating deliveries from different companies. One propose solution is to Ieverage on last mile excess capacity from a company to conduct deliveries. We refer to this concept as 4th party milk run. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility, desirability and viability of the concept by (1) developing a model to demonstrate the potential cost reduction and (2) conducting field study with the stakeholders.
Utilizing Excess Capacity in Last Mile Using 4th Party Milk Run
2017-07-01
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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