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Logistics is the process of planning, organizing, and managing the flow of goods and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption. It is a complex and challenging task, but it is essential for the success of any business.

Engineering a Sustainable Delivery Model

Engineering a Sustainable Delivery Model

How to build a food delivery system that is good for the planet and the people who work in it. The food delivery industry is booming. 2021 global food delivery orders were estimated to reach 100 billion, expected to grow to 150 billion by 2025. Several factors, including the increasing […]

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How DoorDash Built an Ensemble Learning Model for Time Series Forecasting

How DoorDash Built an Ensemble Learning Model for Time Series Forecasting

DoorDash needed a way to predict demand for food deliveries. DoorDash is a food delivery company that operates in over 4,000 cities across the United States. The company faces the challenge of predicting demand for food deliveries. This is a difficult task, as the order can vary depending on many […]

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Getir rapped by ASA for promotion it couldn’t deliver on.

Getir rapped by ASA for promotion it couldn’t deliver on

Turkish rapid delivery app fined £150,000 for misleading customers Turkish fast delivery app Getir has been fined £150,000 by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for dishonest customers about delivery times. The ASA received complaints from customers who had ordered from Getir and had not received their orders within the promised […]

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Shopify to Lay Off 20% of Its Workforce as It Sells Logistics Business to Flexport.

Shopify to Lay Off 20% of Its Workforce as It Sells Logistics Business to Flexport

Shopify, the leading e-commerce platform for small and medium-sized businesses, has announced selling its logistics business to Flexport, a tech-driven global logistics platform. This deal will have significant implications for the e-commerce industry, as Flexport will become Shopify’s official logistics partner and provider of Shop Promise. This service offers transparent […]

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Ford-backed Delivers.ai targets last-mile self-driving deliveries

Ford-backed Delivers.ai targets last-mile self-driving deliveries

Delivers.ai, a London-based autonomous delivery service, targets last-mile self-driving deliveries for emission-free restaurant food, grocery, and parcel delivery to doorsteps. The company’s robots work on camera-based technologies and low-cost sensors, traveling at pedestrian speeds of up to 6 km/h and giving way to other pavement or cycleway users for safety. […]

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DoorDash Has a Whole New Business Consumers Should Love

DoorDash Has a Whole New Business Consumers Should Love

DoorDash wants to take away one of your most-hated errands. DoorDash, the popular food delivery app, is testing a new service called Package Returns that allows users to request a dasher to pick up and return packages for them. The service is free for a limited time for DashPass members […]

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DoorDash and ALDI to provide on-demand grocery delivery in the US

DoorDash and ALDI to provide on-demand grocery delivery in the US

The grocery delivery service will be available from over 2,100 ALDI locations across 38 US states. DoorDash has partnered with ALDI to provide on-demand grocery delivery services from more than 2,100 ALDI locations across 38 US states. Customers can order fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, bread, and household goods through […]

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Uber profits ride high on the back of increased travel and food deliveries.

Uber profits ride high on the back of increased travel and food deliveries.

A record number of Uber trips are taken as drivers flock to the platform, bucking pandemic-era fears and leading the chief executive to declare results in the last three months of 2022 “our strongest quarter ever”. The fourth quarter results of Uber show that transportation and food delivery are giants. […]

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