How to Deal with Extreme Weather Delays in Last Mile Logistics
Disruptions to the last mile delivery process are nothing new—logistics professionals have had to find ways to deal with last-minute headaches and snafus for as long as there have ...
5 Best Practices for Perfecting Proof of Delivery
Proof of delivery can speed up your responses to customer inquiries by more than 90%, and it can reduce false liability claims by a huge percentage. So why aren't more businesses a...
5 Best Practices for Handling Peak Season Deliveries
Each year, peak season deliveries wind up jamming up the docks and frustrating both drivers and customers. And anyone wishing for a “normalization” of shipments in the future is go...
What Is Strategic Route Planning?
Efficient routing is the foundation for good delivery operations. But should that routing be static, dynamic, or a hybrid of the two?
What Is Route Optimization?
No one needs to tell delivery businesses how important it is to have efficient routes. Fuel and driver pay are two of the biggest expenses that most fleet operators grapple with, s...
SaaS vs On-Prem Software: Which Is Better for Last Mile Logistics?
For businesses that have always used on-premise software deployments, it’s easy enough to stick with the mantra, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” After all, deploying software so...
How Food Distribution Software Should Empower Different Functions
As a food distributor, getting deliveries right and delighting your customers doesn’t start and stop with your delivery drivers. It’s a team effort that pulls in people and process...
5 Tactics for Simplifying Returns in Building Supplies Delivery
Cost pressures on building suppliers are more intense than ever—and that’s especially true when it comes to delivery and return management. Getting the right goods to the right pla...
Are You Still Struggling with Map Updates?
Last mile delivery is a challenge without the right technology—but businesses have been making it work for many years using whatever tools that they happened to have access to. The...
6 Features Your Automated Dispatch and Logistics Software Should Offer
In a recent DispatchTrack webinar, Bryce Shively of IDI Distributors explained to our viewers that he had a personal vendetta against paperwork. And who can blame him? It takes up ...
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...