Same-day logistics players are crucial for the growth of eCommerce, particularly in urban areas. With eCommerce platforms facilitating continuous sales from multiple vendors, the logistics challenge has intensified. Logistics operators must pick up items from various decentralized locations and deliver them, handle dynamically generated delivery orders, and optimize order delivery for a win-win scenario among stakeholders (customers, eCommerce platform providers, vendors, logistics providers, and riders). In this industry, route optimization and rider dispatch is essential to increase earning potential for riders and reduce carbon footprint.
Online shopping offers consumers a wide range of products from various e-commerce platforms. To compare prices, users need to search multiple sites, collect and organize data, and identify identical products. This manual process is tedious and time-consuming.
Consumer trends have had a significant impact on urban logistics. One key trend is the rise of e-commerce and online shopping, which has led to an exponential increase in package deliveries to urban areas. This surge in demand has put pressure on logistics service providers (LSPs) to develop more efficient and responsive last-mile delivery solutions.