Purpose: Delivery robots promise to provide gains in logistics in many ways especially on short distances. However, there is a lack of orderly overview of requirements for their successful implementation. The aim of this paper is to generate a better understanding of how to implement delivery...

Purpose: Delivering goods to consumers and stores in dense urban environments is a challenging endeavor. Rising expectations in terms of speed, flexibility and choice of delivery further increase the intricacy of urban deliveries. This paper provides insights into how European retailers think...

Purpose: Online sales have significantly increased, especially in the realm of the COVID emergency. For B2C e-commerce, reverse logistics is critical: it strongly impacts the willingness of customers to buy online, but it is very expensive for online players, who are striving to find ways to...

Purpose: Sustainability and customer service of urban last mile logistics are lacking behind the expectations of today's society. This paper provides a holistic framework and empirical evidence of a field study ("Kiezbote") on evaluating smart urban logistics concepts with the purpose to...

Purpose: This research aims at developing a comprehensive transshipment solution leading to additional opportunities of transshipment from small inland vessels throughout the West German canal network and, thereby, extending the existing capacities consisting of container bridges and reach...

Purpose: The increase in parcel quantities on the last mile requires new and innovative concepts to support sustainability efforts in urban areas. Crowdsourced delivery (CSD) represents a promising concept as it allows private couriers to take over the parcels' last mile on trips they would have...

This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors addressing innovative and technology-based approaches for logistics and sustainability. They present simulation studies, systems and models for optimizations and digitalized solutions with a focus on maritime as...

Purpose: Global supply chains increasingly demand sustainable setups, from the first to the last mile in transportation. Particularly in urban settings, the use of commercial electric vehicles for transport tasks might be a suitable measure to increase overall sustainability. Methodology: For an...

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of the asymmetric allocation of power on the digitalisation strategy in port logistics. To reach this pur-pose this paper combines the term of asymmetric power to the concept of bargaining power, supply chain leadership theory,...