Towards A More Sustainable Future? Simulating the Environmental Impact of Online and Offline Grocery Supply Chains
- The negative effects of traffic, such as air quality problems and road congestion, put a strain on the infrastructure of cities and high-populated areas. A potential measure to reduce these negative effects are grocery home deliveries (e-grocery), which can bundle driving activities and, hence, result in decreased traffic and related emission outputs. Several studies have investigated the potential impact of e-grocery on traffic in various last-mile contexts. However, no holistic view on the sustainability of e-grocery across the entire supply chain has yet been proposed. Therefore, this paper presents an agent-based simulation to assess the impact of the e-grocery supply chain compared to the stationary one in terms of mileage and different emission outputs. The simulation shows that a high e-grocery utilization rate can aid in decreasing total driving distances by up to 255 % relative to the optimal value as well as CO 2 emissions by up to 50 %.
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| Author: | Maik Trott, Christoph von ViebahnORCiDGND, Marvin Auf der LandwehrORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-21529 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2152 |
| DOI original: | https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9383987 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7281-9499-8 |
| ISSN: | 1558-4305 |
| Parent Title (English): | 2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2021 |
| Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Hannover |
| Release Date: | 2022/01/18 |
| Tag: | Air quality; Computer simulation; E-Grocery; Supply Chains; Sustainable development |
| GND Keyword: | Computersimulation; Lieferservice; Lebensmittel; Supply Chain Management; Nachhaltigkeit; Luftqualität |
| First Page: | 1218 |
| Last Page: | 1229 |
| Link to catalogue: | 1795490748 |
| Institutes: | Fakultät IV - Wirtschaft und Informatik |
| DDC classes: | 004 Informatik |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
