Every November it's the same scene: Black Friday arrives, there aren't enough vans, and the ones left go at whatever price the owner names. You almost always need less extra capacity than you think, if you do the maths with stops per route, time windows and shifts. And if you start now, not in peak week.
By Routal Team
If your drivers bring the delivery notes back at the end of the day, every dispute takes days to settle. Here is how to roll out proof of delivery on the driver's phone, which evidence to ask each type of customer for, and how to see what was delivered without calling anyone.
In summer, the cold chain has far less margin. And the weakest link is almost always the same: the last mile. One door-open too many, a route that drags, a failed delivery in the sun… and the product's no good. Here's where it breaks and how to protect it without slowing delivery.
By Xavier Ruiz
Almost everyone thinks a delivery costs less than it does. Fuel and wages are just the tip: planning time, failed deliveries, and overtime quietly eat your margin. Here's how to calculate your real cost per delivery — and see where the money you can recover is hiding.
By Xavier Ruiz
Last-mile delivery still runs on WhatsApp, phone calls, and the dispatcher's gut. Five daily frictions explain why operations keep firefighting instead of planning — and what changes when knowledge lives outside one person's head.
By Xavier Ruiz
The ROI of delivery software isn't counted in kilometres. It's counted in the hours your team spends planning, answering calls and sorting out failed deliveries, and in what it costs when everything depends on one person.
By Xavier Ruiz
