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 ...
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...
Pitfalls to Avoid When Selecting Building Products Logistics Software
There’s any number of reasons why building products logistics is a challenge. Labor shortages in the construction industry make job schedules a lot tighter and put a lot more press...
What to Look for in a Construction Material Delivery App
Delivering construction material can be chaotic at the best of times. Your clients are on tight timelines, and they often want their deliveries on same-day or next-day turnarounds,...
What Are the Top Machine Learning Use Cases in Logistics?
According to a recent report from IDC, the top 2 business objectives for using AI are operational efficiency (39%) and improved customer experience (38%). Given how trendy AI and m...
Why 70% of Supply Chain Leaders Are Still Experiencing Challenges
If you’ve been listening to reports coming out throughout 2023, you might have gotten the impression that the supply chain crisis of the past few years has been significantly easin...
AI in Logistics: 5 Real-World Applications
ChatGPT hasn’t taken over the world yet, and human delivery drivers still haven’t been phased out in favor of autonomous vehicles with sophisticated computer vision capabilities—bu...