Challenges of Last-Mile Delivery in the Adhesives Industry
Last-mile delivery, which marks the end point of the supply chain, is generally considered to be the most challenging phase to optimize and also the most expensive phase.
Supply chain management is a complicated process that has grown more complex as business has become increasingly global and more digital. In addition, disruptions to the supply chain are often unpredictable and unavoidable, as was painfully illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses operating in today’s adhesives industry often must overcome a host of challenges to keep supply chains running optimally.
Last-mile delivery, which marks the end point of the supply chain, is generally considered to be the most challenging phase to optimize. Typically, last-mile delivery is the most expensive phase, with some figures showing last mile delivery to account for as much as 53% of delivery costs.