For direct-to-consumer brands shipping across the US and Canada, the doorstep is where margins are won or lost.
ABI Research attributes approximately half of all shipping costs to the final mile, which makes route density, warehouse throughput and delivery sequencing decisive for per-order profitability.
That pressure has pushed automation to the center of outsourced logistics. AI-coordinated fulfillment, autonomous mobile robots, electric delivery fleets and smarter routing are changing how quickly and reliably orders move. [Read more…] about How Automation is Transforming Fulfillment and Last-Mile Delivery