Last-Mile Delivery Quiz

What is one of the societal challenges Japan is facing that affects last-mile delivery?

• Increase in population

• Labor shortages

• Decrease in e-commerce

• Abundance of delivery vehicles

What is the best bet to reduce carbon emissions and costs in last-mile delivery according to the article?

• Larger delivery trucks

• Delivery robots

• Faster delivery vehicles

• More delivery personnel

What is a potential solution for managing parking-space issues in last-mile delivery?

• Increasing delivery vehicle size

• Parking-space management at the neighborhood level

• Reducing delivery frequency

• Eliminating pedestrian walkways

What is a challenge that logistics providers face due to increasing volumes of goods?

• Decrease in delivery costs

• Increase in delivery flexibility

• Slower delivery times

• Reduction in goods volume

What is a potential outcome of not taking action to mitigate delivery traffic issues?

• Decrease in environmental impact

• Increase in environmental impact

• Elimination of delivery bottlenecks

• Reduction in delivery costs

What is a feature that future delivery robots could include?

• Larger size for more packages

• Reduced speed for safety

• Networking systems for efficiency

• Manual operation for flexibility

What is the expected increase in carbon dioxide emissions due to the rise in e-commerce?

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

• 51%

What is one potential benefit of using delivery robots according to the text?

• Increase in delivery costs

• Reduction in productivity

• Solve labor shortages

• Increase in carbon emissions

What is the projected labor shortfall in Japan's transportation sector by 2030?

• 140,000 people

• 200,000 people

• 278,000 people

• 300,000 people

What is the expected impact of using electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles?

• Increase in delivery costs

• Increase in carbon emissions

• Lower carbon dioxide emissions

• Higher delivery times