Roadie unlocks faster-than-ever home delivery for retailers with Roadie Direct™ warehouse delivery – just in time for peak season
20 Septembre 2023 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
UPS (NYSE: UPS) company Roadie, an Atlanta-based logistics and
crowdsourced delivery platform, has officially launched its new
Roadie Direct™ warehouse delivery solution, which enables same-day
pickup and delivery of orders from warehouses. The solution enables
retailers to offer their customers local home delivery of
e-commerce orders direct from their existing warehouses – within
hours – while avoiding the costs of middle-mile transportation,
shelving and re-picking required for same-day delivery from
stores.
The company began implementing the solution for select retailers
earlier this year and is now announcing its availability to both
new and existing Roadie customers. The Roadie Direct™ launch comes
just in time for the holiday peak shopping season, which is always
a challenging time for retailers as they scale to meet a surge in
consumer demand.
Roadie Direct™ is a first-of-its-kind solution that helps
retailers better leverage their existing warehouse footprint to
unlock faster-than-ever delivery speeds without taking on
additional infrastructure investments. The solution includes
Roadie’s proprietary technology, in-house sortation with the new
Roadie SmartSort® app, and out-of-the-box integration with Roadie’s
crowdsourced delivery platform.
Combined, these products create a single packaged solution that
enables efficient warehouse-to-doorstep deliveries while
eliminating middle-mile costs for retailers.
“Retailers already have a lot of the resources they need to
sort, stage and deliver products in-house,” said Marc Gorlin,
Founder and CEO of Roadie. “They have a physical footprint that’s
usually close to their customers, and they have dedicated teams
staffing that footprint. Roadie Direct™ delivery from warehouses
provides the final piece – the technology that can turn legacy
warehouses into same-day logistics hubs. And of course, that’s on
top of Roadie’s secret sauce: a network of crowdsourced delivery
drivers that can reach 95% of the U.S. population within
hours.”
The Roadie SmartSort® app, a key component of the solution,
makes sorting and scanning easy by using existing hardware already
in use at warehouses – no new tools required. A retailer’s current
team members can use Zebra scanners or any smartphone to scan and
sort. With a few bins, a dedicated bay for pickup and just a few
employees, Roadie SmartSort® enables a retailer’s warehouse team to
operate a full logistics hub – including a micro-sortation center –
with minimal space and labor while offering ultrafast delivery
options to customers.
After sortation, orders are sent to the Roadie platform, where
Roadie’s proprietary algorithm batches the orders. The orders are
then pushed to the Roadie SmartSort® app for sorting and staging
using the retailer’s existing scanner hardware or even their
employees’ personal mobile devices. The batched orders are posted
on the Roadie platform for pickup and delivery by a driver
crowdsourced on the Roadie platform. The Roadie nationwide network
includes more than 200,000 independent drivers with a range of
vehicle types to accommodate nearly any size SKU in a
warehouse.
To learn more about Roadie, visit Roadie.com.
About Roadie
Roadie, a UPS Company, is a logistics management and
crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie offers
businesses fast, flexible and asset-light logistics solutions for
last-mile delivery. Roadie enables local delivery to more than 95%
of U.S. households by providing access to more than 200,000
independent drivers nationwide – allowing businesses to offer their
customers delivery optionality for almost any industry, from
airlines to artisans.
Roadie’s solutions include: local same-day pickup and delivery,
delivery from warehouse with in-house sortation, oversized
delivery, sustainable delivery, returns and more. For more
information, visit www.roadie.com.
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