Current Issue : April-June Volume : 2026 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 5 Articles
Urban areas in the European Union face critical challenges stemming from freight logistics, including air and noise burden on residents, congestion, traffic pressure, and greenhouse gas emissions. In alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cities have adopted access restriction measures and urban logistics policies such as Low Emission Zones (LEZs), congestion charges, and pedestrian zones. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of these policies in reducing environmental externalities and enhancing urban freight efficiency. Evidence reveals that LEZs consistently reduce emissions (e.g., PM10, NOx) by 20–34%, while policies like time window restrictions yield further logistical and environmental benefits under favorable conditions. Despite these gains, challenges persist, including disproportionate burdens on small-and medium-sized enterprises, and pollution displacement to suburban areas. Increasing EU-wide coordination, harmonized evaluation tools, and tailored strategies for distinct urban typologies are essential to address these gaps. This study underscores the importance of integrating logistics efficiency with environmental and social sustainability, contributing to realizing SDGs through inclusive urban logistics practices....
This research explores the impact of AI-based technology on e-commerce supply chains in a sample of customs officers at prime border and port points of entry in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It explores the effect of three major digital capabilities on the competitiveness of firms: logistics and delivery, IT and information, and customer experience and demand management. The study commences with employee performance and job satisfaction and further explores the effect of AI-based procurement and inventory systems. A total of 338 customs officials responded to a structured survey questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Our findings indicate that all three digital devices result in positive effects on employee performance, and digital procurement and inventory systems reinforced with AI technologies boost task autonomy, clarity and sharing decision process. Second, employee performance plays a mediate role in the relationship between e-commerce supply chain technologies and job satisfaction, which means that better e-commerce supply chain technologies will result in increasing the performance of employees. The results suggest a human centric digital system for the logistics of public sector. It’s this form of training combined with infrastructure to allow employee feedback and company-wide deployment of inclusive AI that will provide the most value. These opinions offer policy guidance on the modernization of customs clearance in digitalized-developing societies. These opinions are emphasizing for practical orientation of the customs reform in the fast digitalizing developing countries societies....
This study investigated the impact of a Yard Management System (YMS) implemented at a third-party logistics distribution center in the United States. Five years of operational data (2018–2022), including 72 monthly observations of inbound and outbound freight performance (measured in pounds) and detention occurrences (measured in US dollars), were analyzed using one-way ANOVA to assess pre- and post-implementation performance. The results indicated that the YMS significantly improved inbound and outbound freight volume, reduced detention occurrences, and enhanced operational efficiency within the third-party logistics distribution center. These findings suggest that YMS can be an effective tool for enhancing yard-level operational efficiency, reducing delays, and supporting broader supply chain optimization strategies in third-party logistics environments....
Background: In the context of increasing supply chain complexity, efficient inventory management has become important in enhancing the performance of logistics systems and sustaining the competitiveness of companies. Real-time visibility, tracking, and control over stock levels ensure responsiveness, reduce waste, and support strategic decisionmaking. Decision support systems that integrate demand analysis with inventory policies play a pivotal role in improving operational efficiency. This paper addresses the need for more efficient stock management to optimize purchasing and inventory costs within a manufacturing environment. Methods: Production planning processes were analyzed to determine material requirements, and a representative product was selected. The study involved ABC classification based on the average annual stock value of purchased parts, complemented by an XYZ analysis to evaluate demand variability. Afterwards, stock management policies were tested, namely, continuous and periodic review models. Each item was assessed to determine the most suitable inventory management method based on its consumption profile. Results: A comparison with the company’s existing approach revealed that for 9 out of the 13 materials studied, the application of stock management models led to improvements. Conclusions: The results show a potential cost reduction of 33% for the nine materials to which stock policies were successfully applied....
Digital Twins provide comprehensive capabilities to solve critical logistics problems such as visibility, monitoring, optimization, prediction, and simulation. This study explores the existing DT readiness assessment models in SCs and logistics, discovers their limitations, and proposes a conceptual model based on an organization’s internal and external attributes to strategize DT implementation in logistic functions. The results showed that the existing readiness assessment models have weaknesses and drawbacks, motivating the researchers to develop a new logistic DT readiness assessment model. This study identified six main organizational dimensions directly affecting measuring overall logistics’ DT readiness, which are management readiness, personnel readiness, information readiness, organization readiness, product readiness, and process flow readiness. Their relationship is mediated by Technology Integration and moderated by Supply Chain Complexity, which was tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling to show the importance of strategizing DT implementation in logistics....
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