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Final mile (also called “last mile”) is a term used to refer to the last leg of a delivery route (it is not a mode of transportation). Businesses can define last mile in different ways, depending on what is most relevant to their business and their customers’ expectations. Final mile delivery falls into two categories: light goods (typically less than 150 pounds) and heavy goods.
As e-commerce sales are projected to hit over $709 billion in the U.S. in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, logistics companies are focused on last-mile delivery and improving customers’ experience.
A grocery supply chain expert told the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit that grocery stories are not feeding the Canadian appetite for online shopping.
Point Pickup’s CEO, Tom Fiorita, goes to considerable lengths to distinguish the final-mile delivery company from Silicon Valley tech platforms. “We’re an East Coast firm — I wouldn’t call us a Palo Alto type of an organization,” said Fiorita of the Connecticut-based startup. Nor does Point Pickup “just build technology,” he said, “and hope that […]
The Reverse Logistics Association’s Tony Sciarrotta and DM Transportation’s Nicholas Isasi discuss the importance of a good merchandise returns process at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
Kenco’s Jason Neal explains at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit how this service requires drivers to also be resilient customer service representatives.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn the extent of allegations that ocean carriers are targeting noncontracted service providers for freight payment.
Fleet Enable by Imaginnovate is designed to optimize the difficult logistics of last-mile delivery.
A strange situation: Its competitors are also its customers and can plead with government officials to stop the USPS from taking actions it wants to implement
Kirby Fine, principal, ATL Partners, and Gordon Branov, CEO of Pilot Freight Services, talk about trends in the last-mile heavy-duty bulky market during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
Large-format home deliveries to become most critical part of supply chain, Nick Hobbs says during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
A “dance floor” inside the driver’s cabin for easy movement. Exterior cameras linked to a digital display inside the cabin, giving the driver a 360-degree view outside the vehicle. Those are just two of the features in Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) highly anticipated new custom electric delivery van designed and built in partnership with electric vehicle […]
FreightWaves market expert and analyst Zach Strickland talked with Karen Tyndall, GlobalTranz director of customer solutions, during FreightWaves’ Last Mile Logistics Summit on Thursday.
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission steps forward with notice of inquiry to evaluate alleged ocean carrier abuse of “merchant” definition for bill of lading responsibility.
Shipping, logistics giant expects very strong peak season.
Drayage truckers on the Envase platform have access to an online marketplace that connects them to available parking and storage lots nationwide.
The Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference insists the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has jurisdiction to ensure that ocean container chassis provisioning is conducted fairly.
Forward Air announces another acquisition as it advances its no-wait growth plan. The Greeneville, Tennessee-based trucking company adds intermodal drayage provider Value Logistics to its roster.
Talk of a European supply chain unit sale may put XPO’s Jacobs at fork in the road.
Company redrawing the peak landscape, and is expected to dominate it, Convey says.
Retailers would be crushed by soaring parcel prices, consumers would face hefty hikes,Charles River report says.
