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The contribution of advanced package arrival information to efficient ground deliveries by international couriers

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  • Haughton, Michael A.

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This paper quantifies how real-time access to information on the arrival status of packages consigned from overseas for subsequent truck transportation can contribute to the efficiency of international couriers' ground delivery operations. The contribution is quantified by determining the eliminable ground transportation costs of next-best tactics that partially compensate for deficiencies in package arrival information. Next-best tactics include forecasting each package's arrival status and adjusting ground delivery routes when actual arrival information becomes known. The study shows that the contribution can be significant, reaching hundreds of dollars per day. The study also finds that tactics using forecasts, even highly accurate forecasts, are not always the most effective next-best tactics.

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  • Haughton, Michael A., 2008. "The contribution of advanced package arrival information to efficient ground deliveries by international couriers," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 66-83, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:44:y:2008:i:1:p:66-83
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    2. Chou, Yon-Chun & Chen, Yao-Hung & Chen, Hui-Min, 2014. "Pickup and delivery routing with hub transshipment across flexible time periods for improving dual objectives on workload and waiting time," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 98-114.
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    4. Ming-fei Chen & Yan-qiu Liu & Yang Song & Qi Sun, 2019. "A Contract Coordination Model of Dual-Channel Delivery between UAVs and Couriers Considering the Uncertainty of Delivery for Last Mile," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Hindawi, vol. 2019, pages 1-11, December.

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