Consolidation through resourcing in last-mile logistics
This paper assesses how various ways of organizing last-mile logistics impact resource utilization, and, in turn, opportunities for consolidating goods. The paper combines a conceptualization of resourcing and consolidation derived from the literature with an analysis of contemporary last-mile logistics options in the Swedish retail market. Based on the analysis of three forms of last-mile logistics—consumer logistics, retailer logistics, and hybrid logistics—the paper discusses how resourcing for fixed, mobile, and coordination resources can enable consolidation in terms of time, place, and form. Drawing from the Swedish context, the paper calls for additional research combining country-specific studies while examining similarities and differences in last-mile logistics, particularly concerning factors that enable or hinder consolidation as well as how such potentials are realized in practice. Although consolidation clearly appears in the rich literature on last-mile logistics, this paper focuses on how consolidation can be achieved through resourcing and offers additional insights into current frameworks for last-mile logistics in retailing.
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- © 2022 Johan Hagberg and Kajsa Hulthén. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Hagberg, Johan
- Hulthén, Kajsa
- Publication Date: 2022-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 100834
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Serial:
- Research in Transportation Business & Management
- Volume: 45
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2210-5395
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22105395
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight consolidators; Freight traffic; Logistics
- Geographic Terms: Sweden
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01849455
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 24 2022 10:55AM