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How to Speed Up Sales and Delivery Territory Planning

Sep 26, 2022

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...

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How Can Fast, AI-Powered What-If Scenarios Impact Last Mile Logistics?

Sep 19, 2022

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...

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5 Challenges in Digital Transformation of Last Mile Logistics

Sep 13, 2022

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...

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4 Common Pitfalls in Delivery Territory Management

Sep 6, 2022

Right now, there are a number of software solutions on the market devoted to planning territories that are balanced, efficient, and aligned with larger business goals—addressing th...

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4 Best Practices for White Glove Deliveries

Aug 31, 2022

The e-commerce boom and the huge volume increases in online shopping in the last few years have changed a lot about the way that consumers get things like furniture, appliances, ex...

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82% of Businesses Are Worried About Late Deliveries Over the Holidays

Aug 23, 2022

In DispatchTrack’s latest report, we found that most businesses (66%) aren’t getting an earlier start this year than last when it comes to holiday preparations. But that doesn’t me...

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Why 92% of Businesses Expect Higher Costs This Holiday Season

Aug 16, 2022

If you looked at the headline and immediately answered: fuel prices—you’re only half right. According to Dispatchtrack’s 2022 Holiday Perspective, 93% of businesses expect operatin...

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How to Handle Uncertainty Around Deliveries This Holiday Season

Aug 9, 2022

If you’re in the last mile delivery game, it’s almost never too early to start thinking about the holidays—and this year’s no different. Between ongoing concerns about inflation to...

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How Do You Ensure Great Post-Delivery Experiences?

Aug 2, 2022

In most industries, repeat business is the holy grail. Whether you’re delivering couches to end consumers or distributing cases of beer and seltzer to minimarts and grocery stores,...

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What to Look for in a Green Logistics Platform

Jul 27, 2022

It’s no secret that your customers—whether they be end consumers or other businesses—are increasingly going to factor sustainability into their decisions about who to buy from and ...

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5 Steps to Achieve Strategic Visibility in the Last Mile

Jul 19, 2022

Last mile visibility is in some ways a bit of a misnomer: the goal of gathering real time data from throughout your delivery organizations isn’t to be able to see what’s happening,...

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How Should Last Mile Delivery Organizations Think About Visibility?

Jul 12, 2022

How many times have you seen a study showing that logistics and supply chain leaders are making visibility a priority in the upcoming year? If you’re reading news about delivery an...

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Case Study: Why Food Distributors Need Hybrid Routing

Jul 7, 2022

Inertia can be an incredibly powerful force in any distribution operation. For many food distributors, crafting a new set of route plans that’s carefully tailored to current busine...

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