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How Better Strategic Planning Helps Reduce CO2 Emissions

Jun 28, 2022

It’s a common misconception that working towards sustainability goals has to come at the expense of operational efficiency or profitability. Especially when it comes to something l...

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Why Speed and Power Are Key for Delivery Management Software

Jun 21, 2022

Let’s imagine you’re a food distributor delivering to a number of regions. Since the last time you drew up route plans (let’s say about six months ago), you’ve added a few new clie...

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Why Early Isn’t the Same as On-Time for Last Mile Deliveries

Jun 14, 2022

Delivery management is a lot like comedy: timing is everything. Scheduled deliveries are scheduled for a reason; simply put, it matters what time they happen. In B2B deliveries, cu...

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How to Achieve Right Time Delivery in Agribusiness

May 24, 2022

Managing last mile deliveries in any sector is complicated. The more orders you have to deliver, the more possible route permutations there are, and the more difficult it becomes t...

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Why Is On-Time Delivery So Important?

May 17, 2022

When it comes to big and bulky deliveries, the best thing a delivery can be is on-time—at least according to DispatchTrack’s 2022 Big and Bulky Delivery Report. Our survey of more ...

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50% of Consumers Blame Poor Experiences on Lack of Communication

May 10, 2022

Sometimes, last mile deliveries can feel a little bit like an example of Murphy’s Law: whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. And there’s a lot that can go wrong: late deliveries, e...

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Why 90% of Consumers Want to Track Their Delivery Orders

May 3, 2022

When it comes to deliveries of virtually any kind, consumers and shippers fundamentally want the same thing: they want the order to arrive at the right time, for the recipient to b...

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How to Navigate Growing Consumer Dissatisfaction with Deliveries

Apr 26, 2022

In a recent survey of over 1,600 American consumers, DispatchTrack uncovered growing dissatisfaction with the home delivery experience, particularly when it came to big and bulky d...

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5 Best Practices for Digitization in Food and Beverage Logistics

Apr 19, 2022

There’s no doubt that food and beverage distribution companies operate in some of the most competitive markets out there. Even before the pandemic, grocery stores, schools, restaur...

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3 Trends to Watch in Last Mile Delivery in 2022

Apr 13, 2022

Last month at Manifest, DispatchTrack co-founder and COO Shailu Satish sat down with Russell W. Goodman at Supply Chain Brain to discuss some of the most important trends impacting...

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What Does Right-Time Delivery Mean for B2B?

Apr 5, 2022

Customer satisfaction is just as important in B2B deliveries and distribution as it is in B2C—if not more so—but the end result of that satisfaction doesn’t always look the same on...

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Why Consumers Are Ready for Green Logistics

Mar 30, 2022

For supply chain businesses, a recent report revealed good and bad news: On the one hand, nearly half of consumers polled said that they felt the responsibility for increasing sust...

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5 Global Best Practices for Retail Deliveries

Mar 22, 2022

On a fundamental level, retail deliveries have all become more global. Even when you’re just trying to get an order from a distribution center in Chicago to the customer’s home in ...

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