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Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery
Published on MIT DSpace Authors: Farri T. Gaba and Matthias Winkenbach Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Transportation & Logistics,Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Abstract This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers…
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Why Last Mile Logistics
Designing urban logistics operations requires in-depth understanding of consumers and channels combined with high-resolution, data-driven modeling. There are three major drivers of increased complexity of urban logistics networks.
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Podcast: Can We Solve the Last-Mile Delivery Puzzle?
As part of the Moving Urban Logistics Forward podcast series, Megacities Logistics Lab Director Matthias Winkenbach provides his perspective on the future of Last Mile Logistics.
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SIOR Report: The Impact of E-Commerce on Warehousing and Commercial Real Estate
| NewsIn a talk at the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) Annual Conference in New Orleans, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach discussed the current challenges in urban last-mile logistics in light of the continuing boom…
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Daniel Merchan Awarded at APICS
| NewsDaniel Merchan of the MIT CTL Megacity Logistics Lab has been awarded the 2016 L.L. Waters Scholarship sponsored by APICS.
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MIT Sloan Management Review: Remapping the Last Mile of the Urban Supply Chain
| NewsIn an article for the MIT Sloan Management review, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach outlines how data analytics and interactive visualization can enable faster, better-informed decision making on the way to more efficient last-mile delivery operations…
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WSJ Guest Voices: Delivery Companies are Redefining the Last Mile in Crowded Cities
| NewsIn a Wall Street Journal commentary, MIT’s Matthias Winkenbach and Daniel E. Merchán write that demographic changes and shifting buying patterns are combining to change delivery in the congested cities, leading to new last-mile…
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MIT Megacity Logistics Lab Appoints New Director
| NewsDr. Matthias Winkenbach, Research Associate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, has been appointed as the new Director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab. Dr. Winkenbach received his Ph.D. in Logistics and…
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MLL student receives academic excellence scholarship in The Netherlands
| NewsOn Tuesday June 16, the Dutch company Slimstock awarded three scholarships to excellent students in the field of Supply Chain at the Dutch National Inventory Day. André Snoeck, visiting student at the Megacity Logistics…
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Spring 2015 UROP Opportunities Available
| NewsWe have several UROP openings at the lab during the Spring. Join us by applying here. Project Title: MIT Megacity Logistics Lab: KM2 and Compass Project Description: We have developed prototype web tools that allow analysis and…