• Nishanth Shamanna

Drones are touted to be a game changer in the field of logistics and supply chain management . Out of the in numerous applications , the most fascinating and within the reach of the near future is the use of Drones for Hyper Local Delivery of Food from Restaurants to Customer’s Location. Food delivery is an growing trend , with the sector growing at a staggering 15 % quarter on quarter , this exponential growth has engendered interest in both Corporations as well as academicians . Both the Customers as well as restaurants have unequivocally benefited from this trend . The restaurants get a wider access to customers while not having to expand their seating capacity and the customers can obtain restaurant food from the comfort of their home or office. Even though food delivery companies in India register 400,000 per day they aren’t able to turn a profit [1] , this can be attributed to certain inefficiencies of the conventional delivery system (Bikes or Scooters). This has opened up an opportunity of an alternate mode of delivery to make the sector profitable and sustainable. This Paper is a critical comparative analysis between the Drone delivery of food to the conventional delivery system . The two methods are evaluated based on parameters like Initial Investment , Depreciation, Operating Cost, Time and environmental Cost. While these parameters vary with distance , order size etc , certain standard assumptions have been made for the process of comparison

Food Delivery , Drones , Scooters/motorcycles , Comparison

"Comparative analysis between Drone delivery system and conventional delivery system for online food orders", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.149-152, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807374.pdf

"Comparative analysis between Drone delivery system and conventional delivery system for online food orders", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp149-152, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807374.pdf