- 1. Personal Shopper Drones and Last Mile Delivery
- (Logistics)
- Personal shopper drones are an exciting development in the field of last-mile delivery. These drones have the potential to revolutionize the way goods are delivered to consumers, offering a fast and convenient ...
- 2. Supplychain; What Did We Learn
- (Management)
- ... of workers to create the items, and disruptions to last mile delivery - the last step of the product’s journey from warehouse to doorstep. The high demand for raw materials and commodities was fueled by ...
- 3. How Are You Dealing With These Supply Chain Trends?
- (Supply)
- ... the best experience. Forecast the inventory and delivery needs The last mile delivery volumes are increasing, and this is no surprise. However, how you prepare for peak season is what matters. ...
- 4. These 5 Issues Affect Your Last-Mile Delivery
- (Logistics)
- ... When a retailer packages goods and dispatches them for delivery, many things can occur on the way that can disrupt the last mile. Some of the key challenges to the last mile delivery are traffic, bad weather ...
- 5. Supply Chain Causes Disruption to Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery
- (Supply)
- ... Prior to the pandemic, the supply chain industry was considered fragile- already suffering due to lack of truck drivers and skilled workers within the field; unsteady last mile deliveries, and arctic ...
- 6. FarEye Partners with Blue Yonder to Enhance Logistics Execution, Collaboration, and Visibility
- (News)
- FarEye, the leading predictive logistics SaaS platform to help predict, plan, manage and optimize supply chains, has announced a partnership with Blue Yonder, a leading digital fulfilment platform provider. ...
- 7. Last Mile Delivery Issues
- (Logistics)
- ... their packages stolen within the 2016-2017 year. A majority of those packages (74%) were stolen during the day when many people were at work and were unable to accept the deliveries. The “last mile” delivery ...
- 8. Brace for the Rush
- (Management)
- ... last days of the buying season. As a hedge against this Amazon is enlisting local entrepreneurs to help fulfill their last mile gaps. The company’s ‘Amazon Delivery Service Partners’ may make a difference ...
- 9. Ready for the Autonomous Supply Chain?
- (News)
- Automation is nothing new in the supply chain world. Are you ready, though, for the end-to-end autonomous supply chain? In an interesting article on the Brinknews site by Wolfgang Lehmacher of the ...
- 10. Amazon's 'Floating DC' Id
- (News)
- Just when you thought you'd seen it all, you hear about Amazon's latest patent. It seems that 'flying fulfillment centers' that spawn drone deliveries may be in our future.... or not.It's certainly an ...
- 11. Unmanned Delivery Options are Changing the Supply Chain
- (Logistics)
- ... have been steadily gaining traction but the last couple months. Let’s take a quick look at the list of technologies affecting last mile delivery. Uber (and competitors) delivery services Drone and ...
- 12. Innovative Delivery Van for the Last Mile
- (News)
- As last mile delivery becomes a much more important piece of the supply chain puzzle, it's 'driving' changes not only on the process side, but also with equipment.The Mercedes folks at Daimler are making ...
- 13. Last Mile Delivery Discussion
- (News)
- The battle to determine the winners and losers for control of the 'last mile' continues. A recent Q & A session with an experienced consultant and an industry veteran by the Supply Chain Digest staff uncovers ...
- 14. Amazon's Logistics Move
- (News)
- Just when you think you have Amazon's strategy figured out, something new (and big) pops up, like its recent purchases and leases of logistics assets. CEO Jeff Bezos says they're not looking to compete ...
- 15. Amazon's Logistics Strateg
- (News)
- If you think Amazon has been pretty active on the innovation front, you ain't seen nothin' yet, according to Mark Solomon on the DC Velocity site.He reviewed a recent study by a logistics consultancy and ...
- 16. Uber and the Last Mile Challenge
- (News)
- At this point, pretty much everyone has either used or has heard of Uber, the software/taxi-replacement company. With so many companies struggling to compete in ecommerce with Amazon and others, would ...
- 17. The Last 1000' Challenge
- (News)
- Remember the old days, when the 'last mile' was a huge challenge for customer fulfillment? Now it's the 'last 1000 feet'.According to a new report on the Forbes site, in-store technology must be used to improve ...
- 18. Research on Delivery Expectations
- (News)
- The 'last mile' of the delivery process continues to be a battleground for on-line retailers. A recent survey describes what's actually happening in this arena, with consumers expectations of fast delivery ...
- 19. Crowdsourcing and the Supply Chain
- (News)
- We've all heard the buzzword 'crowdsourcing', but I, for one, hadn't considered its effect on the supply chain. Delivery, risk management, innovation, and other supply chain processes can benefit from ...
- 20. Nightmare on Elm Street?
- (News)
- Same day delivery and the last mile are a couple of the 'final frontiers' in capturing the hearts and minds of omnichannel consumers. As the big players fight it out, there are bound to be inefficiencies.Andrew ...
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