Last Mile Delivery

This report details how the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General set out to examine autonomous vehicles capabilities now and to interview experts about its future potential.

The United States Postal Service filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of price changes to take effect Jan. 21, 2018, while at the same time the Office of Inspector General announced they are researching autonomous vehicles in order to increase driver safety, reduce fuel costs, and improve worker productivity.

Donald Broughton, Broughton Capital managing partner, discusses the news that Amazon is testing its own delivery service to rival FedEx and UPS.

The newest member of the Walmart e-commerce family is Parcel, a technology-based, same-day and last-mile delivery company specializing in perishable and non-perishable delivery to customers in New York City.

A discussion on how companies can build a profitable and sustainable delivery model based on Mixed-Demand. This approach creates an exact balance of on-demand and pre-planned orders that fulfill consumer needs while allowing delivery companies to maintain profitability.

While various futuristic delivery options are being developed and tested, they’re not yet trending, but keep your eyes on them for the future, especially when parcels can be delivered by autonomous vehicles or drones, that will change the last mile delivery game considerably.

The proliferation of distribution fulfillment centers, large and small, in new locations will challenge logistics and transportation providers as e-commerce sets new standards for all business.

Overcapacity in the container shipping industry and greater use of technology in manufacturing, retail and logistics industries are disrupting the sector.

Simulation to showcase automated last-mile packaging distribution.

In its latest effort to compete with online giant Amazon, Walmart is testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online while driving home from their regular work shifts.

Retailers are struggling to respond to the new threat of online giants like Amazon, who are siphoning off the customers of traditional retailers, what is driving this and what can retailers do to retaliate against this threat?

A new XPO Logistics facility in the Chicagoland area has doubled the capacity of the company's market delivery center to nearly 100,000 square feet, and will serve some of the nation's most well-known retailers, e-commerce companies and manufacturers of heavy goods.

This differentiation, this “wow” lasts for a period of time, but eventually becomes a minimum expectation for the consumer and is later described as a “required feature.”

Established carriers and logistics services providers are clashing with tech-savvy newcomers to gain market share in this critical, final piece of the $2 trillion e-commerce market.

This whitepaper describes real-world examples of how companies are using mobility to optimize the last mile for increased profitability, customer satisfaction, and compliance.