The logistics industry has been shaped by unpredictability and change this year, creating a difficult environment for newer and smaller companies to survive.
Finding a used truck in an overheated market is hard, but personal connections can be an answer, whether it’s the local plumber or the chamber of commerce.
“We don’t partner with one asset, we partner with all box truck assets in a region and we aggregate the totality of orders to be sure that there is one full truck delivering to one ZIP code,” said Onward Delivery CEO Grafton Elliott.
Slowdowns in deliveries of new trucks are driving prices of newer used trucks up in the double digits both at dealerships and in auctions.
Simplicity is the key in managing increasingly complex final-mile operations. That and basic blocking and tackling
