Biljana Grguroviฤย – Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade, Department School of Information and Communication Technologies, Zdravka ฤelara 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Slavica Radosavljeviฤ – Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade, Department School of Information and Communication Technologies, Zdravka ฤelara 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Stevan Veliฤkoviฤย – Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade, Department School of Information and Communication Technologies, Zdravka ฤelara 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Jelena Milutinoviฤ – Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade, Department School of Information and Communication Technologies, Zdravka ฤelara 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Keywords:
Consolidation centers;
Transport networks;
Delivery
Abstract: Developed postal offices have been investing in new technoloยญgies for years, mainly insisting on achieving a certain level of adaptability. The emphasis has been moved from processing automatization to the analยญysis of changes, both in terms of the volume of mail and the needs of conยญsumers. One consequence of such thinking is improved accessibility of delivยญery services. As a rule of thumb, in every larger urban territory, with the goal of satisfying consumer demand, there are multiple facilities or self-service stations whose main goal is to deliver smaller or larger quantities of goods. If we view these locations as nodes between which there are transport netยญworks, then the existing knowledge in the area of transport networks can be used to further improve the operations of postal operators.
Beyond the idea of the most economical business solution, postal operยญators are also limited by the number of available vehicles, their capacity, deadlines for certain tasks, and other similar factors. This paper demonยญstrates how certain algorithms and findings in the sphere of transport netยญworks can be adequately used in this area, too, as well as the limitations that should be taken into account.
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8th International Scientific Conference – EMAN 2024 – Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times, Rome, Italy, March 21, 2024, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN 978-86-80194-83-7, ISSN 2683-4510, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.2024
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