Last-Mile Delivery for Consumer Driven Logistics

Abstract

Nowadays, one of the main tasks of logistics is the effective movement of material flow from the producer to the end user. Modern scientific methods are devoted to solving various problems at different stages of the logistics system. But, at the same time, the efficiency of the functioning of logistics systems on last mile delivery is considered isolated to the problems of increasing the overall efficiency including the end-consumer. There is an interaction between the costs of material flow distribution, consumer expenses and traffic flow movement costs in the city related to purchases. The demand influence on distribution channel of material flows in logistics systems is presented. The proposed approach can be used for evaluating a logistics system’s overall efficiency considering the demand. Practical advice for improving logistics systems according to consumer’s influence are given.