Michael Santry

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ETA versus ETD: What's the difference between estimated time of arrival and delivery?

Learn the difference between estimated time of delivery (ETD) & estimated time of arrival (ETA) and why it matters to you and your business.

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What are delivery notifications?

Delivery notifications are no longer a nice to have for people waiting for their delivery. They are a must-have along with live-package tracking. Get our complete guide here.

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Delivery experience [Complete guide]

What makes a great delivery experience? Customer notifications...on time delivery....package tracking portals for customers. This is your definitive guide if you are in last mile operations.

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Proof of delivery

You, your drivers, and your customers rely on Proof-of-Delivery as a means of ensuring that goods are delivered as agreed. In this blog, we'll discuss everything you need to know about POD's in 2021.

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5 of the Best Route Planner Apps

We take a look at some of the best mobile route planner apps available on the Android & iOS stores

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Contactless delivery and how to do it

Contactless Delivery has become the preferred method of receiving goods for customers all over the world. Learn more about it and how to offer it in 2021

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WooCommerce Route Planner

If you run your online store on WooCommerce, automating delivery routes based on your orders can save hours of time. Check out how we can help.

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9 Best Multi-Drop Route Planners

Multi-drop route planning can be a challenge but using the right software you can save your business time and money. We've done the research for you here.

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Newspaper Distribution Management System: Case Study

The Irish Times work with SmartRoutes to change the way their paper gets to people and respond to changing consumer habits. Check out our case study to see how we have done it for them.

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Route planning for logistics

Logistics teams require route planning and optimization tools to ensure efficient delivery rates and to reduce costs. Learn how to implement it here.

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Home Delivery Route: Case Study

Home delivery routing can be expensive for small businesses and the potential for missed deliveries and unhappy customers is high. Learn how to do it right.....right here.

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Route planning

Route planning for businesses doing deliveries or customer visits has changed immeasurably in the past 5 years. We take a comprehensive look at why it is so critical to business infrastructure now.

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Newspaper route app: Case Study

Irish Independent newspapers are a great case study on how to roll-out a newspaper route app for delivery drivers.

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Last mile delivery: 7 trends guide

7 trends from industry professionals on last mile delivery this year. Looking at the changing landscape of driver shortages, new tech and customer expectations.

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Address Validation

Address Validation ensures that you find the correct location every time you do a delivery. Learn how we do it at SmartRoutes.

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Food delivery software: Case Study

Food delivery software is getting food direct to consumers in their homes quicker, cheaper and with fewer emissions. If you are in food retail this case study will help you.