Reliable same-day delivery a growing demand

December 12 2013

The power of e-commerce can truly be seen during the Holiday season. Some projections have online shopping numbers increasing by 15 percent and reaching $61.8 billion. However, for e-commerce to be successful, businesses need to make sure they have a reliable shipping and logistics operation in place.

This is especially important in the case of same day delivery, which is becoming a more sought after feature of delivery services. The United States postal service has announced that it plans to expand a pilot program of same-day delivery of small package to New York City after trying it out in San Francisco.

This comes after the partnership between the USPS and Amazon was announced that will see the postal service handling Sunday same day deliveries in New York and Los Angeles.

The most talked about same-day delivery news in recent memory, however, has been the possibility of drone shipments in urban areas from Amazon. Jeff Bezos, the company's CEO, said during his appearance on "60 Minutes" that quicker shipping times are a major step in the delivery process and the company is looking into several ways to improve this process. One of those is a pre-programmed robot dropping of a package 30 minutes after ordering it.

Reliable shipping is a much needed part of any organization that uses e-commerce solutions. With the help of an experienced third party logistics provider, any company can rest easy knowing that quality drivers and professionals are a part of processing and delivering every order.