Home shopping is a lifesaver for busy people, but only when receiving the goods is as convenient as the ordering process itself. But while breaking delivery promises has been much lamented in the past, now the fulfilment Holy Grail is not getting products on the road but delivering them effortlessly to people’s doors. It’s the last mile that counts.
Read MoreThe UK same-day courier market, with its thousands of small local operators, is, surely, just what the Internet was designed for. And two main products have emerged – financed in different ways, but both designed on the principle that if you can bring together a parcel or vital document and an empty-running driver, your electronic sub-contractor network can maintain service levels while improving efficiency.
How Courier Exchange & Expeditus operate
THE Post Office is to install fee-charging cash machines at 2000 locations countrywide. The Post Office is paid a fee per transaction. It justifies the £1 levy by saying that many branches are in remote locations and their ATMs would not be economically viable unless customers were charged. Cash machines are currently available at just 500 post offices but the intention is to roll them out to at least 3000 branches over the next 18 months. Two thirds of these are expected to levy a charge
Read MoreBusiness Express has won a home delivery contract for bid-up.tv, an interactive auction digital television channel. Sky Digital subscribers order goods from live auctions daily by phone or through the company website. Fulfilment consultants Sports Logistics worked with bid-up.tv to appoint Business Express as sole carrier.
Read MoreCompanies are forming alliances to reduce empty mileage and capitalise on local knowledge and regional resources. Some chose companies of the same size and outlook staying within specialist markets like the chilled sector. Others opt for networks which have members throughout the UK, soon to expand into Europe. These networks allow members to share resources and knowledge so that they can extend their reach from regional to national contracts.
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