The concept of the last mile (the final leg of the connection to each home) originated in telecom, but is now a focus for supply chain management and e-commerce. In telecom and other utilities ...

Leaders confront the “last mile” problem when solving complex problems - things like figuring out how to grow faster, merge better, deliver a winning customer experience, or roll out Work 2.0.

"Last-mile delivery is the quintessential example of a sector that is ripe for innovation, owing to a powerful confluence of advancing technology, demographics, social values and consumer models.

Last-mile logistics challenges begin with addressing the variety of items that must be transported and the varying delivery needs that must be accommodated.

Because last mile is all about customer service, the company has a team of carrier managers, each of whom interacts with 15 to 20 carrier partners on how service levels are being met.

The last-mile platform would need to connect the retailers’ order management and inventory data with package and delivery resource data in real time. Because sending data from mainframe to mainframe ...

When I had a project at 3M many years ago, I heard some of the engineers there talking about the “problem of the last mile.” I asked them what they meant.

In the years since, his family created The Last Mile 5K in his memory. Proceeds from the annual event are donated every year to community organizations, with Bike Pensacola and YMCA of Northwest ...

With more comprehensive last-mile data, service providers and carriers can make better informed decisions regarding new product launches, network planning, capacity, and capital allocation.