Problem definition: Last-mile delivery is a critical component of logistics networks, accounting for approximately 30%–35% of costs. As delivery volumes have increased, truck route times have become ...

A University of Iowa study finds package delivery companies would save bundles of time and money if their delivery truck drivers spent more time on foot and less time looking for parking spots. Ann ...

Let’s get real for one second. Many of us have lain on the couch, phone in hand, and ordered things online without really ...

Amazon plans to invest $440 million in a program that may up average delivery driver pay to $20.50 per hour. Amazon launched its Amazon Delivery Service Partner program in 2018 to create a delivery ...

Ahead of the holiday season, companies prepare for increased demand in various ways: overstocking inventory, managing websites and online order forms, hiring seasonal workers and drivers to make ...

Data from Tech.co’s 2025 Logistics Report has revealed that US fleet companies are facing pressure when it comes to on-time deliveries and driver availability, amidst an ongoing labor crisis in the ...

Amazon’s delivery system depends on third-party companies. But labor regulators have challenged that model, possibly opening the way for unionization. By Danielle Kaye Vans marked with Amazon’s arrow ...

While Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) ratified a new five-year labor deal in August 2023, which the ...

A Smithfield woman is suing Amazon and its local delivery partner for 20 million dollars, claiming that the pressures the ...