A LOCATION ANALYSIS OF PICK-UP POINTS NETWORKS IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM

摘要

The last mile of e-commerce deliveries is increasingly receiving attention from practitioners, researchers and public authorities. Pick-up points are one of the main alternatives to tackle last-mile issues within e-commerce deliveries. Nevertheless, a lack of strategic planning and understanding of the spatial interactions between pick-up points and the customers can be limiting their potential. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the current state of the pick-up point networks in the Belgian city of Antwerp and from there and inspired on the concepts of urban logistics construct indicators to assess such networks in other places in the world. ;e-commerce; urban logistics; last mile; home delivery; pick-up points.