Abstract
Energy efficiency and environmental issues have been largely neglected in logistics. In a traditional supply chain, the objective of improving energy efficiency is targeted at the level of single parts of the value making chain. Industry 4.0 technologies make it possible to build hyperconnected logistic solutions, where the objective of decreasing energy consumption and economic footprint is targeted at the global level. The problems of energy efficiency are especially relevant in first mile and last mile delivery logistics, where deliveries are composed of individual orders and each order must be picked up and delivered at different locations. Within the frame of this paper, the author describes a real-time scheduling optimization model focusing on energy efficiency of the operation. After a systematic literature review, this paper introduces a mathematical model of last mile delivery problems including scheduling and assignment problems. The objective of the model is to determine the optimal assignment and scheduling for each order so as to minimize energy consumption, which allows to improve energy efficiency. Next, a black hole optimization-based heuristic is described, whose performance is validated with different benchmark functions. The scenario analysis validates the model and evaluates its performance to increase energy efficiency in last mile logistics.
Highlights
Energy efficiency has become a primary energy policy goal in the world and the research of energy efficiency of supply chain has a great scientific potential [1]
Figure demonstrates the comparison of fuel consumption of the different assignment and. It is common in logistics and supply chain that the objective of decreasing fuel consumption and
It is common in logistics and supply chain that the objective of decreasing fuel consumption increasing the energy efficiency is targeted at the level of operation of the supply chain’s members
Summary
Energy efficiency has become a primary energy policy goal in the world and the research of energy efficiency of supply chain has a great scientific potential [1]. It means that today the design and operation of supply chain solutions, external systems, and in-plant processes are more complicated than in the future of Industry 4.0, when digitalized energy will make it possible to control and optimize energy consuming resources. The increasing importance of cost, resource and energy efficiency in supply chain solutions and the intention to find design and operation strategies supported by real-time decisions were a motivation for writing this paper. After this introduction, the remaining parts of the paper are divided into five sections. Conclusions and future research directions are discussed in the last section
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