Last Mile Delivery

Millennials Rekindle Demand for Plants, an Industry Ripe for Disruption

CASE STUDY

How a Seattle Nursery Survived the Shift to Online Business

August 1, 2022

The pandemic forced Plant Shop to transition quickly to a delivery model. A software application was the solution to optimizing the daily routing plan.

UPS Earnings Rise as It Ships Fewer Amazon Packages

July 27, 2022

SupplyChainBrain

United Parcel Service’s profit and revenue keep rising even as the number of packages moving through its network keeps declining.

Meeting the Growing Need for Same-Day Delivery

July 22, 2022

Anar Mammadov, SCB Contributor

The number of shoppers expecting same-day delivery nearly tripled in a year.

Everyone Has a Plan Until the Freight Market Flips

July 19, 2022

Robb Porter, SCB Contributor

As is often the case in logistics, solutions to one problem can be the cause for the next.

THE SCB PODCAST

Podcast | A Lab for Solving Urban Freight Congestion

July 15, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Can all of the interests that make up an urban environment come together to solve the problem of freight congestion?

Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery With Branded Mobile Communication

July 10, 2022

David Morgan, SCB Contributor

Innovative branded communication, which allows a seller to display its name, logo and reason for calling on a recipient’s mobile device, is one way to help businesses optimize last-mile delivery.

Returns Management SaaS Saves Retail Giant $4 Million Monthly

July 7, 2022

Inmar

Challenge: A top-10 big-box retailer needed to consolidate returns processing and improve returns management, vendor returns consolidation and liquidation yield. They were sorting returns at more than 450 store locations, and sending single packages in small shipments to vendors receiving returns. The company wanted returns data visibility to aid forward-focused planning and warehouse management.

Innovators Continue to Shape the Last Mile. What’s Next?

July 6, 2022

Ivan Ariza, SCB Contributor

A look at the technologies that logistics startups have developed to transform the last mile, as well as a peek into the future of the sector.

MOST-READ ARTICLES OF 2022

Consumers Prefer Personal Touch, Predictability, Over Super-Fast Delivery

June 28, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

To successfully ride the bucking growth of e-commerce, shippers and logistics service providers should avoid assuming that consumers want everything super-fast.

FedEx Faces Big Changes as New Boss Confronts Higher Costs, Angry Contractors

June 23, 2022

Bloomberg

New CEO Raj Subramaniam will soon tell investors how he intends to lead FedEx while confronting higher costs for labor, Covid-related lockdowns in China and angry contractors at the company's crown-jewel FedEx Ground unit.

Last Mile Delivery

The latest news, analysis, services and systems regarding last-mile delivery and its impact within global supply chains. Today’s companies are transporting and delivering perishables and manufactured goods in a more timely and efficient manner than ever before thanks, in part, to the boom in e-commerce. New services and technologies for last-mile delivery are transforming the way companies do business — and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these services continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies are using last-mile delivery solutions to power their supply chains.