Paul Buijs, Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations at the University of Groning, and co-author of “A greener last mile: Reviewing the carbon emission impact of pickup points in last-mile delivery,” joins me to discuss just how green out-of-home delivery might be:
- Defining pickup points (out-of-home alternatives to residential delivery)
- Out-of-home (OOH) delivery improving delivery route efficiency
- Reducing distance travelled by delivery vehicles
- Finding parking spots and time spent parking
- Time savings
- Transport used by customers collecting from OOH delivery points
- Measuring customers' tailpipe emissions when collecting OOH deliveries
- Impact of distance on consumers' decision-making process in choosing transport means
- Combining trips to collect parcels - trip chaining
- Using pickup points (OOH delivery) to reduce emissions
- Electric vehicles and collecting from PUDOs / parcel lockers
- Does OOH lose any emissions advantage as EVs become prevalent?
- Limitations on efficiency and impact on tailpipe emissions
- Consumers and delivery companies driving OOH adoption