Shipping a larger package is unlike sending a letter. Instead of dropping an envelope in a mailbox, retail companies must navigate complex logistics with third-party delivery companies, all while juggling multiple platforms for transportation, tracking and...
Does Logistics Matter? Answering YES to the question in our latest podcast episode are Robert Zehetner, VP of Logistics Automation, and Cesar Lapuerta, Sales Director at KEBA. As e-commerce grows, efficient last-mile delivery is becoming more prominent. Both shippers...
Tourists visiting the Great Wall of China can now enjoy a new service: drone-delivered takeout. Meituan, a Chinese food delivery and e-commerce platform, launched this initiative. Drone delivery is not new, and delivery drones operate in many countries worldwide, but...
Any business, no matter the business, has to appeal to its customers to succeed. The customers are your bread and butter. Without them, you don't have a business; you just have an idea, and you have to shift a lot of products. Getting people, if we have actual...
New York City recorded ten fatal traffic accidents involving cyclists in the first quarter of 2023. This same figure was recorded throughout the entirety of 2018, highlighting an alarming rise in deaths involving cyclists in NYC’s busy streets. Traffic Incidents with...
Eight years ago, two brothers started on a journey together. They envisioned a future where everybody had access to same-day delivery. Their idea entails a cargo drone airline that revolutionizes the middle mile. With its cargo drone, Dronamics wants to speed up and...
The Does Logistics Matter? Podcast is all about trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. This episode features Tim Rudolph, Vice President of Product at Seven Senders. Developments in Last Mile Delivery The growth of e-commerce volumes is still...
The Does Logistics Matter? Podcast is all about trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. This episode features Gianni Maes, Chief Sales Officer at Redspher. Managing Time Sensitive Freight: Increased Efficiency for Shippers and Carriers When a shipment...
E-Commerce volumes have skyrocketed in the last few years. While the pandemic has caused significant disruptions in global supply chains, it catapulted e-commerce sales. Online shopping jumped 77% year over year in the first few months of the pandemic. Now that the...
People working in the service economy rely on their salaries and the tips they collect from their customers. Working in a restaurant or shop, collecting a tip is very easy. That is a different story when you are in the parcel delivery business. Most of the time, the...
Drones are here to stay, and we don’t mean the toys you can buy for your kids. Delivery by drone is the future and is only limited by legislation and capacity. The RH-1-A “Rhaegal” (pronounced “Rye-gull”) shatters a new record when it comes to weightlifting. Do You...
Sometimes size does matter. In the case of package deliveries by drones, size definitely matters. That is why drone delivery company WING presented various new prototypes of their drone. A Drone for Every Package Drone delivery is really taking off in some areas...
The Does LogisticsMatter? Podcast is all about trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. This episode features Gijsbregt Brouwer, Food Retail Expert and Trend Watcher at Bright Guys. In this episode, Gijsbregt and I talk about the latest developments...
Did you know that package theft and missed deliveries are a rising problem in the US? Given the boom in online shopping during the pandemic, the troubles of package theft and missed deliveries have become significant. In 2021, the e-commerce industry had a whopping 26...
The pandemic has created a massive shift in consumer buying behaviour. Stores were closed, and people were restricted in their movements and confined in their homes. This caused many to switch to buying things online. Online retailers saw new customers that had never...
Many of the innovations Google's parent company Alphabet is developing have far-reaching implications for logistics. Next to technologies like self-driving vehicles, they are also working on drones that can be used for last-mile delivery. This drone division is called...
Same-day or next-day deliveries are commonplace these days, but they are still the logistical nightmares they used to be for businesses. Sellers today are inundated with greater expectations of their buyers, compelled to find ways to overcome last-mile delivery...
There are many places on earth that don't have addresses. Would you believe it if I told you that around 4 billion people don't have an address? Some live on a small island like Grenada, which is so small that a description of the house is enough for everybody there...
Who didn't fold paper airplanes as a kid? I sure did. Threw them out my bedroom window, until the neighbors complained about all the paper in their backyard... Is it a bird? Is it a drone? No, it's a... Otherlab has taken this childhood pastime and formed it into a...
