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Last mile isn’t enough anymore — it’s time to look at the last 100 feet

20 October 2022

If you live in an apartment building, chances are you know the pain of your delivery driver being unable to find your unit. You may have even had a package stolen because the driver couldn’t get into the building, instead leaving it on the front step.

These are the issues that have gone largely unaddressed by last-mile delivery and mapping companies like Google Maps. Akash Agarwal, founder and chief business officer of delivery startup Beans.ai, calls it “the last 100 feet problem.”

“[Google and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-isnt-enough-anymore-its-time-to-look-at-the-last-100-feet

Last-mile solution can optimize urban routes for an entire fleet

28 June 2022

Inflationary increases in grocery and household goods are some of the more noticeable rises hitting stores, and although consumers are just starting to feel it, logistics companies for some time have been grappling with the issues behind some of these price increases.

Prices of ingredients and raw materials have noticeably increased over the last year due to higher wholesale costs, especially in the consumer packaged goods sector. At the same time, transportation costs are also high in part due...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-solution-can-optimize-urban-routes-for-an-entire-fleet

Onfleet raises $23M to grow last-mile software platform

7 June 2022

Once a cost base for businesses, last-mile delivery has gradually transformed from an afterthought into a nearly $200 billion industry. Investors, unsurprisingly, are taking notice.

Bay Area-based Onfleet is the latest last-mile company to pick up a lucrative funding round, raising $23 million in a Series B led by Kayne Partners with participation from existing investor Savant Growth. Onfleet will use the funding to expand its team and enhance its software platform with new technology and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onfleet-raises-23m-to-grow-last-mile-software-platform

Route optimization vs. planning: What are the differences?

31 May 2022

Delivering consumer packaged goods the final mile to customers’ doorsteps is one of the most challenging aspects of the delivery process.

In today’s world, customers expect to know when their purchases will arrive down to the minute. Providing customers with wide delivery windows can result in frustration and lack of trust, jeopardizing future business with that customer.

Estimating a delivery time can be challenging, especially when factoring in all the elements of urban environments and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/route-optimization-vs-planning-what-are-the-differences

Route planning tool helps drivers overcome daily frustrations

27 April 2022

High driver turnover is an issue almost everyone in the logistics industry is familiar with, if not grappling with, as drivers jump between carriers in pursuit of better opportunities.

Drivers leave jobs for a variety of reasons — to receive a sign-on bonus or pay raise at a different trucking company, to seek routes closer to home, to find better management or even to change professions.

Trucker Path has been giving truck drivers tools since 2013 to make navigating life on the road more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/route-planning-tool-helps-drivers-overcome-daily-frustrations

Solving the recurring problem of mobile workforce optimization

17 July 2020

In the last-mile segment of logistics, delivery route planning and schedule optimization are predominantly human-driven tasks. Organizing workforce and determining delivery routes of the day is an exhaustive process, which can negatively impact bottom lines if handled inefficiently.

OptimoRoute, a route planning and schedule optimization platform, bridges this gap by leveraging technology. “We help companies organize their mobile workforce, building routes and schedules for them to increase the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/solving-the-recurring-problem-of-mobile-workforce-optimization

Commentary: Is it time to automate fleet route planning?

22 June 2020

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

A huge amount of attention has been focused on supply chain operations by the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing both the best and worst of distribution strategies. Whether fighting a daily battle to reformulate distribution of essential supplies, or coping with the anxiety of ensuring maximum readiness when the country is fully open for business again, there’s never...

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