The Right Delivery Driver Management App for Last Mile Logistics
When businesses select their last mile logistics software, last mile delivery mobile apps can often be something of an afterthought. In fact, with some legacy solutions, you may ha...
Optimizing Pickups and Dropoffs in Last Mile Logistics
Last mile deliveries are rarely as simple as you want them to be. In a perfect world, a delivery driver would load up their truck at the beginning of the day, visit every delivery ...
What Is Last Mile Tracking?
Getting 90% of people to agree on anything is a huge challenge—it’s as close to consensus as you can reasonably expect to get. So when the data shows that 9 in 10 people want the a...
Why Route Accounting Matters More Than Ever in Last Mile Logistics
Ask yourself this: if route accounting sounds like a boring topic, what if it actually held the key to unlocking a raw, unfiltered view of your business’s true health? At first gla...
5 Steps to Achieving Last Mile Optimization
Between 2018 and 2023, last mile delivery costs went from 41 percent of total shipping costs to 53 percent. Reliable data for 2024 and 2025 won’t be available for a while, but anec...
Why Warehouse Picking Optimization and the Last Mile Go Hand in Hand
One of the trends that seems to crop up on predictions lists year after year is the increasing automation of warehouses and distribution—usually via robots or co-bots, and increasi...
Fleet Management Cost Analysis: Doing the Due Diligence
When it comes to understanding the real cost of delivering goods, most businesses struggle with attribution. It’s easy to lump together expenses that aren’t directly tied to delive...
Forward Scheduling in Last Mile Delivery Planning
There are some questions that route optimization software can answer for you, and some that you may need to answer for yourself. For instance, whether to route farthest first is so...
Why Delivery Visibility Is No Longer Optional for Logistics Leaders
In today’s highly competitive, customer-experience-driven economy, your brand is only as strong as your last mile. And your last mile is only as effective as your ability to see, u...
5 Best Practices for Perfecting Scheduled Delivery
Effective scheduled delivery is at the heart of big and bulky industries like furniture, appliance, and even food and building supplies distribution. Unlike parcel deliveries—where...
What’s the Future of Retail Logistics in the Last Mile?
The world of retail has been at the forefront of technology trends for a few years now—from the quick digital pivots brought on during the pandemic to the increasing adoption of te...