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Choice-based demand management and vehicle routing in e-fulfillment

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Yang, Xinan, Strauss, Arne, Currie, Christine S. M. and Eglese, R. W. (2016) Choice-based demand management and vehicle routing in e-fulfillment. Transportation science, 50 (2). pp. 473-488. doi:10.1287/trsc.2014.0549

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2014.0549

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Abstract

Attended home delivery services face the challenge of providing narrow delivery time slots to ensure customer satisfaction, while keeping the significant delivery costs under control. To that end, a firm can try to influence customers when they are booking their delivery time slot so as to steer them toward choosing slots that are expected to result in cost-effective schedules. We estimate a multinomial logit customer choice model from historic booking data and demonstrate that this can be calibrated well on a genuine e-grocer data set. We propose dynamic pricing policies based on this choice model to determine which and how much incentive (discount or charge) to offer for each time slot at the time a customer intends to make a booking. A crucial role in these dynamic pricing problems is played by the delivery cost, which is also estimated dynamically. We show in a simulation study based on real data that anticipating the likely future delivery cost of an additional order in a given location can lead to significantly increased profit as compared with current industry practice.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Vehicle routing problem, Delivery of goods, Revenue management, Business logistics
Journal or Publication Title: Transportation science
Publisher: INFORMS
ISSN: 0041-1655
Official Date: May 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2016Published
7 August 2014Available
February 2014Accepted
September 2012Submitted
Volume: 50
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 473-488
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.2014.0549
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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