Insights on solving the last mile delivery challenge, reducing failed deliveries, and meeting rising customer expectations.
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What last mile delivery is, why it is hard, ten delivery options from same-day to parcel lockers and white glove, and how software helps you offer them.
Delays and hard-to-reach remote areas are two of the toughest last mile challenges. Practical fixes, from warehousing and parcel lockers to 3PL partners.
How drones are being used in last mile delivery for groceries, parcels and medicine, the benefits and limits of delivery by air, and where it is heading.
Three last mile delivery technologies changing the final mile: AI route optimization, smart lockers and drones, plus generative AI and greener delivery.
Gopuff has extended its hours to deliver around the clock, from dawn drops to late-night orders, as quick-commerce rivals compete on speed and convenience.
Autonomous KFC vans are selling fried chicken on the streets of China, a modern take on the ice cream truck. How the self-driving food trucks work.
Foodora Air brings three companies together to lower food deliveries from drones by cable in parts of Sweden, using drones styled like old milk cans.
The UK government Future of Flight Action Plan sets out how drones and advanced air mobility could be introduced, including for logistics and deliveries.
Walmart, Target and Amazon are battling over grocery delivery with early morning drops and paid memberships for free same-day delivery. What it means.
How Amazon pushed delivery speed to new records, why customers now expect same-day service, and how drones and technology are reshaping fast delivery.
Starship Technologies raised a $90 million investment round to advance AI and machine learning in its delivery robots and expand its last mile robot service.
CSIRO Data61 researchers explain how legged robots could carry last mile deliveries safely among people, and what still has to happen before public use.