{"id":16821,"global_id":"distributionstrategy.com?id=16821","global_id_lineage":["distributionstrategy.com?id=16821"],"author":"26","status":"publish","date":"2026-09-16 15:22:06","date_utc":"2026-09-16 19:22:06","modified":"2026-09-16 15:26:18","modified_utc":"2026-09-16 19:26:18","url":"https:\/\/distributionstrategy.com\/event\/10-21-26-dlp-last-mile-learnings-how-distributors-manage-deliveries\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/distributionstrategy.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/16821","title":"Last Mile Learnings: How Distributors Manage Deliveries","description":"
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Delivery is where distributor strategy meets the customer’s front door. Hear what is actually working.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Delivery is one of the most visible touchpoints in the distributor-customer relationship, and one of the most operationally complex. From fleet decisions and route optimization to proof of delivery and customer communication, the last mile touches margin, satisfaction, and loyalty all at once. Yet most distributors have cobbled together their delivery operations over decades, and few have a clear view of how their approach compares to the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Distribution Leader Panel, distribution executives share how they are managing the last mile today: what is working, what still does not, and what decisions they wish they had made sooner. The conversation covers the full range of delivery models, from owned fleets to third-party carriers to hybrid approaches, and the technology, staffing, and process choices behind each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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