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Consumers now expect all products to be available for online purchase, from shoes and clothes to dishwashers and riding lawn mowers. More so than ever, selecting the right carrier proves critical to ensuring you retain customers and protect the integrity of your products and company.
After all, the carrier is the last person your customer interacts with before the transaction is complete. There are also the challenges of selecting the “appropriate” shipping method (cost vs. quickness vs. agility), processing customer returns, and reintroducing said returns back into your supply chain. No doubt, there are several aspects of last-mile delivery complexity an organization must navigate.
Chainalytics’ Last-Mile Strategy and Optimization team can navigate this complexity and help establish a comprehensive final-mile delivery program or enhance an existing one.
Our services improve your last mile operations by helping you answer these commonly asked questions:
For more information about Chainalytics’ Last Mile Strategy and Optimization services, please Contact Us.
Chris concurrently serves as Chief Scientist for Chainalytics and the Executive Director of MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics. At Chainalytics, Chris pioneered the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium which he presently co-leads.
In his role as Executive Director of the Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is responsible for the planning and management of the research, education, and corporate outreach programs for the center to include the Supply Chain Exchange and the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) graduate program. He is also the founder of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. Prior to joining MIT, Chris held senior management positions in supply chain consulting, product development, and professional services at several companies, including Logistics.com, SABRE, and PTCG.
Chris holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Transportation and Logistics Systems, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
Inam leads the global Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC) at Chainalytics. In this role, he develops intelligence solutions for the transportation market using machine learning and data visualization techniques. FMIC offers unparalleled visibility to transportation rates and market data across the globe, making it the most powerful and trusted source of freight market intelligence.
Prior to joining Chainalytics, Inam led the engineering team at Transplace, a third party logistics provider, where he developed and innovated such service offerings as network optimization, site selection, procurement, and transportation optimization. These services helped many shippers balance the cost and service trade-offs across their large, complex networks.
Inam holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in Applied Operations Research, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University.