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OneRail survey details retail shippers’ last-mile delivery needs

A recent study by last-mile solutions provider OneRail found retailers consider diversifying their delivery networks crucial and revealed strategies they use to better understand those networks.

OneRail CEO Bill Catania (Photo: LinkedIn)

The study also highlighted what today’s end consumers expect from retailers.

The study found, first, that technology plays a pivotal role for 63% of retailers surveyed in strategically planning and forecasting their last-mile delivery needs.

In addition,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onerail-survey-details-retail-shippers-last-mile-delivery-needs

Check Call: Year of the rabbit

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EST. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

Inside this edition: It’s time for Lunar New Year stoppages; rent is on the rise; and big promotions in the logistics world.

This weekend marks the beginning of Lunar New Year, the celebration of the arrival of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-year-of-the-rabbit

Last-mile delivery provider OneRail raises $33M Series B

OneRail, the Orlando, Florida-based last-mile delivery provider that uses technology to optimize a vast courier network, announced Wednesday morning that it had raised a $33 million Series B round of capital funding from Piva Capital and Arsenal Growth. American Tire Distributors, a customer, also participated in the round as a strategic investor.

Founded in 2018 by Bill and Lisa Catania, OneRail builds software to help its customers manage their deliveries — sometimes that means helping them...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-delivery-provider-onerail-raises-33m-series-b

OneRail founder talks potential of vehicle sharing

Row of vans sitting in a parking lot

Bill Catania has an up-close view of the current last-mile delivery space. The OneRail founder and CEO lives in the last mile. It’s just what he does.

And what he also sees is a growing need to democratize the final mile, which remains very fractured even as it evolves to meet the demands of brands to get items to consumers ever faster. In an interview with Modern Shipper at Home Delivery World in Philadelphia earlier this month, Catania talked about the delivery market and teased an upcoming...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onerail-founder-talks-potential-of-vehicle-sharing

Failure is not a winning strategy in the last mile

White delivery van driving on highway

There is a saying that more can be learned from failure than success. But in the world of last-mile delivery, failure can often be a final outcome.

According to a Descartes survey released earlier this year, 75% of consumers had experienced delivery problems in the previous three months and 23% said they would not order from the retailer again as a result. Another 21% said they had lost trust in the retailer and 16% reported they had told friends and family to avoid the retailer.

A delivery...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/solving-for-last-mile-delivery-failures

FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success

With all the disruptions in the supply chain since 2020, the last mile has been in a constant state of flux. However, even as retailers scramble to meet e-commerce consumer demands, and providers lean into the latest trends to get those packages to front doors, there is plenty going on behind the scenes.

Ty Findley, managing partner of Ironspring Ventures, conducted a roundtable discussion titled The Next Chapter on Last Mile, with Penny Register-Shaw, chief strategy officer of The FRONTDoor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-collaboration-drives-last-mile-success

The state of last mile amid slowing e-commerce demand

White delivery van on highway

The challenges of the past few years have strained last-mile delivery networks. And just as they have started maturing with new entrants and efficiencies unlocked, e-commerce started slowing from its pandemic roll. Where exactly it stops, no one is quite sure, but last-mile providers don’t have time to wait. They must service the now and build for the future.

“Last-mile capacity still feels tight,” Jay Sackos, vice president of business development for Dolly, told Modern Shipper. Dolly...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-state-of-last-mile-amid-slowing-e-commerce-demand

Live demo preview: Find the right final-mile size with OneRail

Northwest Arkansas isn’t the typical location for a bevy of software demonstrations in front of thousands of people, but there is a first time for everything. After you hit up some breweries and a nice lunch, swing back by the Rogers Convention Center for some fun.

A major attraction of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Northwest Arkansas on May 9-10 will be the 7-minute live demos. Here’s a preview of one of those demos.

Final mile is the problem child for just about any...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/live-demo-preview-find-the-right-final-mile-size-with-onerail

OneRail raises $9M Series A to scale last-mile delivery network

Founder and CEO Bill Catania on solving for capacity, price discovery and visibility

OneRail, the last-mile software-as-a-service platform that connects point-of-sale order information directly to a network of 7.5 million couriers, announced Tuesday morning that it had raised a $9 million Series A round led by venture capital firm Ironspring Ventures.

“We are very thankful for the show of faith that Ironspring Ventures and our valued investors have placed in us as we continue to execute upon our...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onerail-raises-9m-series-a-to-scale-last-mile-delivery-network

OneRail’s last-mile delivery platform now part of SAP’s Commerce Cloud

OneRail technology available on SAP Commerce Cloud

Last-mile delivery fulfillment provider OneRail announced its Last Mile Delivery Fulfillment solution is now available on SAP Store. The offering is now fully integrated with SAP’s Commerce Cloud, allowing SAP customers to easily access the services of OneRail’s 7.5 million last-mile drivers.

“We’re thrilled to partner with SAP to help large companies streamline their final-mile logistics workflow from within the SAP solutions they already use,” said Bill Catania, OneRail CEO and founder. “This...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onerails-last-mile-delivery-platform-now-part-of-saps-commerce-cloud

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