New consumer expectations are difficult and expensive to meet. The key to staying competitive in shipping logistics is improving efficiency and reducing costs. This has a lot to do...
There was a time – quite recently – when consumers were willing to accept the most basic delivery services. And for some categories of purchases having a bag or box tossed onto the...
Last mile logistics account for around 41 percent of the total operating costs of the supply chain and 53 percent of overall cost of shipping. Simply put, businesses spend around h...
Businesses with last mile delivery operations have to deal with increasing customer demands, adverse economic conditions, driver shortages, and so on. To overcome these challenges,...
Today's consumers demand quick and accurate shipping every time they shop online. In fact, when asked to choose, the majority of consumers prefer fast deliveries over free shipping...
Billions of people around the world shop for goods online each year—virtually all of whom need some kind of delivery. And that’s to say nothing of the countless number of folks who...
Poor last mile delivery services can make or break a company. One study on customer retention showed that 69% of shoppers are unlikely to patronize the same company or brand if the...
Final mile delivery is about a lot more than just fast order fulfillment. Consumers these days expect fast and reliable shipping, but they also expect a highly-connected and carefu...
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 ...
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...
An automated dispatching system helps businesses reduce their reliance on manual processes that come with traditional dispatching methods. Automated dispatching helps reduce human ...
