What’s the Future of Parcel Shipping?
Drones. Blockchain. Autonomous vehicles. We’ve been hearing about how technologies like these are going to revolutionize delivery for years now. And there’s no doubt that trends li...
How to Improve Deliveries with Last Mile Logistics Tracking
In the modern supply chain, the last mile is generally the least efficient, often accounting for more than a quarter percent of total delivery costs. Several factors contribute to ...
How Segmenting Your Communications Improves Last Mile Efficiency
Technology has gone a long way towards demystifying the last mile in the last few years. For decades, last mile deliveries were something of a black box, with virtually no meaningf...
How Efficiency and Sustainability Go Together in the Last Mile
When logistics professionals think about obstacles to going green in the last mile, a number of hurdles probably come to mind: accurately measuring CO2 output, finding electric veh...
5 Things to Look for in 3PL Software Providers
It’s hard for businesses to maintain trust in today's competitive environment. And for modern 3PLs, this couldn’t be more true—retailers and others put their faith in you to keep d...
The Top 6 Third Party Logistics Trends to Watch in 2023
The past few years have seen a number of rapid evolutions in logistics industry. The trends started and accelerated in 2020 have continued apace in 2021 and 2022, with increased de...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Route Optimization Techniques
Route optimization for delivering products and services is the process of determining the most efficient and cost-effective method of getting them to the customer. For example, if ...
How to Speed Up Sales and Delivery Territory Planning
Territory planning: it’s a crucial part of successful delivery and sales operations for many businesses (especially wholesalers and distributors), but the phrase probably sounds li...
How Logistics Software Tools Can Empower Your Last Mile Strategy
Consumer behavior has drastically changed in just the last few years. Consumers are using a more omnichannel approach to purchasing services and goods than ever before, with one su...
How Can Fast, AI-Powered What-If Scenarios Impact Last Mile Logistics?
When logistics professionals think about what-if scenarios, they may be more likely to think of them in connection with processes that model the entire supply chain, not just the l...
What to Look for in 3PL Software Reviews
As with other industries, the transport and trucking industry has undergone significant changes in recent years. In the current business landscape, third-party logistics (3PL) soft...
5 Challenges in Digital Transformation of Last Mile Logistics
A few years ago, it was a popularly cited figure that 70% of digital transformations fail to achieve their goals. It’s easy to imagine that that number has probably gotten a lot le...
Why Dynamic Routing Software Is Key to Successful Last Mile Deliveries
Route planning is crucial in improving both the customer delivery service experience and your business's bottom line. Aside from improving your fleet's daily delivery performance, ...