Redesigning the last mile using virtual DCs
The pressure to reduce delivery times and mileage, particularly from empty runs to DCs, means that new ways of managing bulk deliveries being developed tat could revolutionise freight movements.
In this session Lionel Curtis will look at how businesses can develop and use ‘Virtual DCs’ that reduce the last mile distances by bringing the point of storage closer to the final delivery point.
Some of these solutions use sophisticated IT; others take a new slant on the actual vehicles. In this session you’ll discover ideas you had never considered.
