Urban consolidation center or peer-to-peer platform? The solution to urban last-mile delivery

• Main Authors: DENG, Qiyuan, FANG, Xin, LIM, Yun Fong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: last-mile delivery; collaborative logistics; urban consolidation center; peer-to-peer platform; game theory; Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6565; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7564/viewcontent/SSRN_id3509019.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Booming e-commerce activities further increase this demand, exerting intense pressure on the cities' well-being. To build a city with congestion and pollution under control, a consolidator can operate an urban consolidation center (UCC) to bundle shipments from multiple carriers before the last...