How Tire Distributors Can Grapple with the SKU Explosion
The number of SKUs that your average tire distributor has to deal with has grown exponentially in the last two decades. According to one report in 2019, 80% of the typical tire dis...
Providing a B2C-Worthy Delivery Experience in the Building Supplies Industry
Building supplies deliveries might be chaotic, but it’s possible that the average job site is even more so—at least from the perspective of whoever’s managing it. People, parts, an...
Why You Need a Single Platform for Managing B2B Deliveries
If you handle B2B deliveries at scale, your technology stack is likely to be fairly complex. You need solutions for ingesting orders and customer information, for tracking and mana...
Constructing the Ideal Building Supply Delivery Tech Stack
Even as the labor market across the country cools off, the latest numbers show that the construction boom—and the increased need for workers that comes with it—isn’t going anywhere...
Does Route Planning Really Influence Customer Experience?
Most delivery businesses are laser-focused on their customers. Whether you’re a retailer working to make sure that every delivery reaches the customer’s home at the right time, or ...
What Does the Next Generation of Route Optimization Look Like?
Search for “route optimization” on Google, and you’re likely to see a lot of similar definitions of the term. If you keep scrolling, you’ll mostly see variations on the theme that ...
How Retail Logistics Software Boosts Customer Experience
Retail logistics software might mean different things to different companies. The process of getting the right goods to the right place at the right time is complex, and each of th...
What to Look for in Furniture and Appliance Delivery Software
The game has changed more than once for furniture and appliance delivery in the past few years. Customer expectations are as stringent as ever, but at the same time the larger supp...
How Are Global Standards for Delivery Experience Changing?
The challenges that delivery businesses face in getting the right goods to the right customer at the right time are hyper-local. Routers need to navigate vehicle access, one-way st...
Why 62% of Logistics Leaders Expect Higher Costs This Year
In a recent DispatchTrack survey of more than 100 logistics professionals, fuel costs (59% of respondents) and inflation (46%) topped the list of current challenges for 2023. So it...
Getting the Most out of Delivery Route Planning Software
In the past, customers didn’t expect much from the average retailer in terms of final mile delivery service. They may not have been thrilled with long lead times and uncertainty, b...