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Category: Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
The Ultimate Guide to BOPIS: Buy Online, Pick Up In Store
Oct 1, 2020
Key Takeaways There are two big pieces of news in the US to start with! First, one from Amazon was doing rounds last month. Amazon started offering customers $10 to pick up a purchase rather than delivering it to their doorstep. There were two reasons behind it. One for cutting home delivery costs and another […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
COVID-19 Last-Mile Logistics Roadblocks: Preparing for a Better Future
Sep 17, 2020
Key Takeaways Like it or not, we’re sailing through one of the worst years in the history of mankind. The Coronavirus pandemic has been a true test of our adaptability, resilience, and the ability to bounce back— as humans, as economies, and as businesses. In his interview with Yahoo Finance during the early stages of […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Last-Mile Logistics to Stand Out in the Post-Pandemic World
Sep 2, 2020
Key Takeaways How big brands responded to the pandemic, and what supply chains can learn for the future. 2020: The year of a global pandemic, the year of a worldwide economic recession, and the year of massive business transformation for supply chains across the globe. Navigating through the pandemic has been no less than a […]
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical
How Delivery Optimization Software can Help biopharmaceutical cold-chain logistics?
Aug 21, 2020
Key Takeaways Earlier cold chains were confined to a narrow brand of drug products. Today, with the rise of biopharmaceuticals, cold chain logistics is more important than ever. What is a cold chain from a logistics point of view? A temperature-controlled supply chain is called a cold chain. Samples from clinical trials, biologics, vaccines, different […]
Delivery Experience
Back to the Good Old Days of Doorstep Milk Delivery Services
Aug 12, 2020
By 2027, the United States will manufacture 12 million metric tonnes of milk (26 pounds). This will be greater than what the US domestic market will consume. – McKinsey & Company report, 2019 Key Takeaways Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, chaos has ensued in the milk supply chain. But the pandemic has also […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Why Logistics Matters in the Middle East Now, More than Ever?
Aug 6, 2020
Key Takeaways The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust logistics to the forefront of every industry and country and the scenario is no different in the Middle East. But the challenges and opportunities in the region are quite unique. The pandemic has made life tougher as customer expectations have increased and logistics resources are being stretched to […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Why are Last Mile Delivery Services Important in the Post-Coronavirus World?
Jul 3, 2020
Key Takeaways There will be a 20% growth in online retail share by 2023, and there will be a 10% increase in instant delivery. – Future of last-mile interventions Due to COVID-19, customers have become accustomed to online shopping. This change in their shopping habits is making the logistics industry refocus on last mile delivery […]
Delivery Experience
How Artificial Intelligence can Optimize the Online Fashion Supply Chain
Jul 2, 2020
Key Takeaways AI in Fashion Supply Chain: The world of fashion has changed drastically since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. The first blow to the industry was the shutting down of the world’s largest textile producing and exporting country in the world, China. As COVID-19 spread afar, non-essential businesses were closed down globally. Shopping […]
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