5 Ways to Avoid “Implementation Ambush” Deploying 3PL Software
For 3PL providers and their shipper clients, advances in 3PL management software offer new capabilities that support business growth and expansion while increasing efficiency, decr...
7 Capabilities That Make for Exceptional Fleet Management Systems
The tidal shift of consumers to online buying has pushed the reach of businesses—even ones that think of themselves as local or regional—far beyond a single city, state or location...
How to Seamlessly Implement the Best Fleet Routing Software
It’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming that technological solutions will act as cure-alls—e.g. that rolling out fleet routing software will instantly ensure that every drop-of...
How Delivery Businesses Approached This Year's Holiday Season
Last week, DispatchTrack released its annual Last Mile Holiday Perspective, exploring how logistics leaders prepared for the 2023 holiday season and what their expectations are for...
5 Last Mile Considerations for Growing Your Food Distribution Business
There’s no magic bullet when it comes to growing a business. It takes a mix of hard work and luck, and it involves a special set of risks and challenges—especially when it comes to...
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 Deliveries During Peak Season
While absolute volumes are hard to predict, peak season deliveries are always well above monthly averages—sometimes explosively so. Handling deliveries at higher volumes leads to o...
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...