What to Look for in Service Routing Software
At first glance, smart routing for on-site professional services may seem largely similar to routing for deliveries. Both involve careful planning, time windows, and getting the ri...
Automatic Dispatching Software for Trucking: 5 Must-Have Capabilities
For last-mile delivery operators the allure of automated dispatch and logistics software is obvious: Optimized operations, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Howeve...
Harnessing Forward Scheduling in Last Mile Delivery Planning
There are some questions that route optimization software can answer for you, and some that you may need to answer for yourself. For instance, whether to route farthest first is so...
Does Your Business Need Smarter Sales Route Planning?
We all know that type of customer: the ones who immediately call the sales person the second there’s a problem. There’s no way to explain to them that the deliveries are handled by...
Why Delivery Visibility Is No Longer Optional for Logistics Leaders
In today’s highly competitive, customer-experience-driven economy, your brand is only as strong as your last mile. And your last mile is only as effective as your ability to see, u...
5 Best Practices for Perfecting Scheduled Delivery
Effective scheduled delivery is at the heart of big and bulky industries like furniture, appliance, and even food and building supplies distribution. Unlike parcel deliveries—where...
Where to Start With Logistics Performance Metrics
It’s easy to imagine that a big and global industry like logistics has a standard set of performance metrics for measuring and analyzing performance. The challenge is that the logi...
What’s the Future of Retail Logistics in the Last Mile?
The world of retail has been at the forefront of technology trends for a few years now—from the quick digital pivots brought on during the pandemic to the increasing adoption of te...
5 Key Capabilities of Reverse Logistics Software
While much of the focus of logistics management is—properly—on outbound logistics, reverse logistics management has become increasingly important, and not just for e-retailers. Als...
What Is EV Route Planning?
Here’s one reason to think that now is the right moment for fleet electrification: Amazon’s fleet of electric vehicles is still growing, and they’re leveraging everything from elec...