Get Information & Insights on Final Mile Delivery
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.
A Postal Service reform package passed by the House on Tuesday would eliminate massive financial burdens at the agency while maintaining a unified package and mail network.
XPO Logistics has issued 2022 guidance and vows to fully right the LTL segment’s operating ratio by midyear.
J.B. Hunt Transport acquires less-than-truckload furniture carrier Zenith Freight Lines from Bassett Furniture.
XPO adds two terminals and 50 dock doors to its North American network.
The test by the startup company is not being viewed as a proof of concept but rather to demonstrate its model to midsized companies.
“We don’t partner with one asset, we partner with all box truck assets in a region and we aggregate the totality of orders to be sure that there is one full truck delivering to one ZIP code,” said Onward Delivery CEO Grafton Elliott.
Ryder appears to have paid a sum in line with current Whiplash revenue, a provider of final-mile services.
Expanding applications of its molded structural composite trailer bodies, Wabash is looking to the grocery delivery business as a new market.
Werner Enterprises triples the size of its final-mile offering with the addition of Northeast-based Nehds Logistics.
CalTrans is boosting the weight limit for port truckers. The regulatory change was made with good intentions, but can it work?
Proper delivery routing is often overlooked as a potential sales tool, but done right, it can lead to increased customer engagement and more sales.
The chaos in the supply chain has ripple effects down to the last mile. AxleHire Founder Daniel Sokolovsky is responsible for ensuring his company can meet those last-mile delivery demands.
Company takes no chances in keeping supply chain problems away from holiday deliveries.
Workhorse decides to pursue alternative opportunities after ending its bid fight with the Postal Service.
UniGroup Logistics’s Meghan Meurer sees shopping from home as the new normal for a growing number of larger products, suggesting that the final-mile delivery experience is now of utmost importance.
“The FDC is also very focused on equity and inclusion. We are extremely proud that 54% of our network is woman-, minority-, and veteran-owned.”
As businesses struggle to keep up with consumers’ growing demand for sustainability, 81% of respondents in a recent survey said companies use excessive packaging when shipping products.
With today’s growing delivery economy, one thing’s for certain: The job isn’t complete until the last mile is covered.
Postmaster General DeJoy underscored improved performance at the Postal Service despite a $3 billion quarterly loss.
“This collaboration brings us closer to another source of data and another way to look at last-mile problems.”
