Last Mile Delivery

Visionaries invited to submit ideas for self-driving delivery carts or sustainable logistics concepts.

The race is on to close the last mile delivery gap, cut costs and improve customer service.

Pilot program will launch in Denver and Phoenix later this month, as retailer looks to challenge Amazon in last-mile delivery

Schneider simultaneously acquires Watkins & Shepard and Lodeso, and becomes the nation’s leading first-to-final-mile-delivery provider of over-dimensional goods for omnichannel retailers and manufacturers.

For last mile fulfillment, true convergence is still a work in progress, and more established players will continue to close the gap while smaller, niche players will continue to require supply chain execution integration.

It's all about turning data into information and providing context.

Beginning upstream with Distribution Center network design, implementing fulfillment rules at the order management and WMS levels, and streamlining processes in the DC all pave the way for an efficient “last mile” e-commerce delivery.