Last-Mile Delivery
Last-Mile Delivery
Urban and rural final-mile fleets built for delivery-window accuracy and real-time customer updates.
Overview
Service overview
Last-mile is the leg your customers actually experience — the difference between a delivery that shows up in the window promised and one that doesn't. Our final-mile fleet is sized and routed for exactly this: light vehicles built for urban stop density, and a rural network for addresses further from the hub grid.
Routes are optimised daily around live traffic and delivery-window commitments, not a static plan, and recipients get proactive updates — narrowed delivery windows, driver-en-route notifications and failed-attempt alerts — rather than finding out only when a parcel doesn't show.
Whether you're running scheduled B2B store deliveries or high-volume e-commerce parcel drops, the same network handles both, with delivery data feeding straight back into your account so exceptions get flagged same-day, not at month-end reconciliation.
At a Glance
- Category
- Last-Mile Delivery
- Industries served
- 3
- Booking
- Quote or dispatch desk
Why It Exists
Problems this service solves
- Delivery windows that customers don't trust because they've been missed before.
- High failed-first-attempt rates driving up cost-per-delivery and complaints.
- No proactive communication with the end customer before a driver arrives.
- Rural or low-density addresses that a standard metro courier network skips or surcharges heavily.
- Returns and failed deliveries handled as a separate, disconnected process from the original delivery.
What's Included
Capabilities
Scheduled B2B store and retail-point delivery on fixed weekly routes.
High-volume e-commerce parcel delivery with route optimisation for stop density.
Rural and peri-urban delivery network extending beyond standard metro coverage.
Proactive delivery-window notifications and driver-en-route alerts to end customers.
Reverse logistics integrated into the same route where volumes justify it.
How It Runs
Process
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Order intake
Delivery orders are received via API, portal upload or manual booking and consolidated by delivery zone.
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Route optimisation
Daily routes are built around live traffic, delivery windows and stop density to minimise transit and missed windows.
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Customer notification
Recipients receive a narrowed delivery window and driver-en-route alert ahead of arrival.
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Delivery attempt
Driver completes delivery, capturing signature or photo proof; failed attempts trigger an automatic rebooking.
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Exception handling and reporting
Failed or delayed stops are flagged same-day, with rebooking or return handled through the same account.
Equipment
Vehicle & equipment requirements
- Light vans and small rigid trucks for standard urban parcel and case-quantity delivery.
- Motorcycle and light-vehicle options for dense inner-city zones with limited parking access.
- Extended-range vehicles for rural and peri-urban routes with longer stop-to-stop distances.
- Tail-lift and pallet-capable vehicles available for B2B store deliveries involving heavier case loads.
- All last-mile vehicles carry mobile scanning and proof-of-delivery capture as standard.
Coverage
Last-Mile Delivery operates across our regional hub network. See depot locations, lane coverage and transit estimates on the coverage map.
Who Uses This
Industries served
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Recipients get a narrowed delivery window and a driver-en-route alert before arrival, and routes are optimised daily around live traffic and stop density.
Yes — our rural and peri-urban network extends delivery beyond standard metro coverage; ask your account manager to confirm coverage for a specific area.
Where volumes justify it, reverse logistics is integrated into the same route as outbound delivery rather than run as a separate service.
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