A Review of Last-Mile Delivery Optimization

Moshref-Javadi, M., & Winkenbach, M. (2025). A Review of Last-Mile Delivery Optimization: Strategies, Technologies, Drone Integration, and Future Trends. Drones, 9(3).

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2025

Volume

9

Issue

3

DOI

10.3390/drones9030158

DOI registrant

MDPI AG

Link

https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9030158

Cited from

logistics_supply_chain

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

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Primes

• Last Mile Delivery
  • And it supports counterfactual reasoning about substituting the interface: drone delivery, telehealth, mobile money, online learning, and smart meters each attempt to replace the last-mile human interface with infrastructure

    This sourceSurveys infrastructure-based substitutes for the human last-mile interface (drones, autonomous vehicles, lockers) deployed to replace per-endpoint delivery labor.

    Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract

    The review's abstract covers drones/UAVs, ground robots and shared delivery infrastructure in last-mile logistics, but names none of the claim's other four domains (telehealth, mobile money, online learning, smart meters).

    “Hybrid frameworks that integrate drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ground robots, and conventional vehicles reduce energy expenditure and increase delivery range, especially in urban contexts.”

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