How to unlock
value from last mile delivery for cities,
transporters and retailers
The need to rethink and rationalize urban
logistics is being pushed into the front scene by the boom in the number of shipments
(exacerbated by the growth of online shopping). It is also influenced by the
general public’s growing focus on the negative environmental and societal
impact of fuel-driven deliveries in already saturated urban centers. However,
urban logistics is a difficult issue to apprehend, as it encompasses several
levels of complexity. Next to the heterogeneity of the goods transported and of
the means of transportation, urban logistics encompass multiple stakeholders,
each of which may have diverging interests and objectives. Often these
stakeholders lack shared understanding of the status quo, priorities and most
appropriate action levers.
To read click here: Urban Logistics - Arthur D. Little
