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Providing a B2C-Worthy Delivery Experience in the Building Supplies Industry

Sep 21, 2023

Building supplies deliveries might be chaotic, but it’s possible that the average job site is even more so—at least from the perspective of whoever’s managing it. People, parts, an...

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Why You Need a Single Platform for Managing B2B Deliveries

Sep 14, 2023

If you handle B2B deliveries at scale, your technology stack is likely to be fairly complex. You need solutions for ingesting orders and customer information, for tracking and mana...

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Constructing the Ideal Building Supply Delivery Tech Stack

Sep 8, 2023

Even as the labor market across the country cools off, the latest numbers show that the construction boom—and the increased need for workers that comes with it—isn’t going anywhere...

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Route Optimization, Insights

Does Route Planning Really Influence Customer Experience?

Aug 31, 2023

Most delivery businesses are laser-focused on their customers. Whether you’re a retailer working to make sure that every delivery reaches the customer’s home at the right time, or ...

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Route Optimization, Insights

What Does the Next Generation of Route Optimization Look Like?

Aug 24, 2023

Search for “route optimization” on Google, and you’re likely to see a lot of similar definitions of the term. If you keep scrolling, you’ll mostly see variations on the theme that ...

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What to Look for in Furniture Delivery Software

Aug 9, 2023

The game has changed more than once for furniture and appliance delivery in the past few years. Customer expectations are as stringent as ever, but at the same time the larger supp...

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How Are Global Standards for Delivery Experience Changing?

Aug 9, 2023

The challenges that delivery businesses face in getting the right goods to the right customer at the right time are hyper-local. Routers need to navigate vehicle access, one-way st...

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Why 62% of Logistics Leaders Expect Higher Costs This Year

Aug 3, 2023

In a recent DispatchTrack survey of more than 100 logistics professionals, fuel costs (59% of respondents) and inflation (46%) topped the list of current challenges for 2023. So it...

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Pitfalls to Avoid When Selecting Building Products Logistics Software

Jul 27, 2023

There’s any number of reasons why building products logistics is a challenge. Labor shortages in the construction industry make job schedules a lot tighter and put a lot more press...

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What to Look for in a Construction Material Delivery App

Jul 20, 2023

Delivering construction material can be chaotic at the best of times. Your clients are on tight timelines, and they often want their deliveries on same-day or next-day turnarounds,...

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What Are the Top Machine Learning Use Cases in Logistics?

Jul 13, 2023

According to a recent report from IDC, the top 2 business objectives for using AI are operational efficiency (39%) and improved customer experience (38%). Given how trendy AI and m...

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Why 70% of Supply Chain Leaders Are Still Experiencing Challenges

Jul 6, 2023

If you’ve been listening to reports coming out throughout 2023, you might have gotten the impression that the supply chain crisis of the past few years has been significantly easin...

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5 Applications of AI in Logistics

Jun 29, 2023

ChatGPT hasn’t taken over the world yet, and human delivery drivers still haven’t been phased out in favor of autonomous vehicles with sophisticated computer vision capabilities—bu...

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