The E-Commerce Pilot Sample Clauses

The E-Commerce Pilot. Online retail sales, the so-called “e-commerce”, is a booming business sector. The European e- commerce turnover has reached a staggering € 530 billion in 2016, at a growth rate of nearly 14%, which has had a significant impact on the delivery component of e-commerce supply chain, also called the “last-mile” delivery. This impressive growth has led to a continuous expansion of delivery fleets in the traditional parcel networks, which must fulfil the last mile deliveries to End Consumers. However, this growth also has down-sides, as it contributes to air pollution due to increased greenhouse gas (hereinafter referred to as ‘GHG’) emissions caused by multiple delivery attempts, urban congestion, due to the use of traditional delivery vehicles, which clog up the streets during peak times. The e-commerce pilot aims, in accordance with the main goals of the NexTrust project, to reduce delivery transports and attempts, reduce GHG emissions and increase load factors, by building a collaborative trusted network around multiple, independently owned vehicles, tapping and pooling this “underutilized” pool of existing transport equipment.