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Containerised parcel delivery: Modelling and performance evaluation

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  • Eskandarzadeh, Saman
  • Fahimnia, Behnam

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This paper investigates different factors that affect the performance of containerised transportation in parcel delivery networks. Motivated by challenges confronted by a postal delivery company in Australia, we study how container utilisation rate, sortation decisions, and changes in cost parameters can affect the overall performance of a parcel delivery network. Leveraging a combination of mixed-integer programming and machine learning, we model a realistic parcel delivery network and evaluate its performance using data from a major postal service provider. The insights obtained from our analysis offer valuable guidance to parcel delivery companies, empowering them to make informed parcel sortation and containerisation decisions.

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  • Eskandarzadeh, Saman & Fahimnia, Behnam, 2024. "Containerised parcel delivery: Modelling and performance evaluation," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:186:y:2024:i:c:s1366554524001108
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2024.103519
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