Postal Service OIG report takes a long look at impact of same-day delivery and next-day, too
February 13, 2020
Even though e-commerce continues to gain more and more traction by the day, consumers ordering items online and wanting (or expecting?) same-day delivery of these online orders are not in the majority, with the exception of millenials, of course. That was a key takeaway in a recent white paper issued by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG), which noted that “the same-day delivery of online orders is still a niche market (249 million packages in 2018, or 2% of...
UPS Global Pulse of the Online Shopper study highlights myriad consumer preferences
April 11, 2018
The survey is based on feedback from a comScore survey of more than 18,000 global online shoppers and was issued over the first three quarters of 2017. UPS said this study evaluated consumer shopping habits from pre-purchase to post-delivery, with respondents having made a minimum of two online purchases over a three-month timeframe.
8 Steps to Next-Day Delivery Effectiveness
February 2, 2017
One wrong step can threaten your facilities’ next-day commitments. Here are eight best practices essential to keeping next-day orders flowing smoothly. How to manage a warehouse with next day delivery. Fulfillment systems for next day delivery
UPS adds to delivery reach with major ZIP code expansion
March 23, 2016
Delivery bellwether UPS this week added 12,680 ZIP codes to its earliest small-package delivery service, UPS Next Day Air Early in an effort to create an earlier guaranteed-delivery option for customers in locales that only had end-of-day guarantees.
