The Best Route Planner Apps Have These 5 Features
Route planner apps are crucial parts of the last mile delivery ecosystem—-but they’re not all created equal. Different route planners will be designed for different use cases, and ...
How Are You Optimizing Your Shuttle Routes?
Raise your hand if the answer to the question posed in the title was “I don’t know” or some variation on “we’re not.” For most delivery businesses, routing shuttles from distributi...
7 Best Practices for Last Mile Delivery Optimization
For a lot of businesses, step one is to figure out that your last mile delivery process isn’t working the way you want it to. Step two is to find a way to optimize it. Step one can...
5 Keys to Reducing Costs in Building Materials Distribution
Construction material costs may be starting to stabilize at last—though some pockets of volatility certainly remain—but that doesn’t change the basic dilemma faced by distributors ...
Strategic Route Planning with DispatchTrack [Video]
In logistics, strategic route planning is essential for maintaining efficiency and profitability.
Last Mile Delivery Analytics: Getting More out of Your Data
Last mile delivery analytics form the basis of data-driven decision making in last mile and supply chain operations. You can’t optimize what you can’t measure, and you can’t improv...
DispatchTrack Case Study: Morris Furniture [Video]
Morris Furniture Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio with a simple idea: offer quality furniture at a reasonable price with superior service. They’ve prided themselves on making ho...
How to Cut Costs and Boost Loyalty with Smarter Last Mile Delivery
Last mile delivery is about a lot more than just cheap, fast order fulfillment. It’s about a lot more than the Amazon effect, or the e-commerce boom. It’s about managing complexity...
4 Benefits to Look for In Smart Route Optimization Software
Every year, customer expectations around delivery change at least a little bit. A recent study showed that nearly 70% of people wouldn’t reorder from a company that failed to deliv...
How to Scale Your Delivery Processes in Building Supplies Delivery
Dropping a couple of stacks of 2x4s and a case of joist hangers at a home builder’s site is all in a day’s work, but what happens when you need to do that for hundreds of sites—and...
The Best Route Planner App for Last Mile Logistics
It’s a cliche at this point to say that the last mile of the supply chain is often the most expensive—but it’s true. Studies show that it can account for about 40-50% of total logi...