4 Years and 40 Million Deliveries Later

4 Years and 40 Million Deliveries Later

What started as a simple idea to build the operating system for last mile delivery has evolved into a profitable business that powers millions of deliveries every month. Khaled Naim, CEO and Co-Founder at Onfleet, reflects on the journey with some key milestones and lessons learned along the way. ( 5 min read )
Onfleet Dashboard Map Gets a Refresh

Onfleet Dashboard Map Gets a Refresh

The new Onfleet [http://www.onfleet.com/] dashboard map has a bunch of performance and usability improvements that greatly enhance the dispatching experience. We listened to our large customers, we listened to our small customers and we let our amazing engineering and design teams go wild! Take a look at ( 3 min read )
Send Gmail delivery confirmations through Onfleet

Send Gmail delivery confirmations through Onfleet

By default, Onfleet sends SMS based notifications to customers giving them real-time information about the status of their deliveries. This automated text based messaging is incredibly useful when a driver is delivering directly to a consumer. That customer can access a live tracking page and know exactly when their precious ( 3 min read )
Tipping with Venmo and Onfleet

Tipping with Venmo and Onfleet

While Onfleet doesn’t currently support tipping through our platform natively, we recently saw a very innovative approach by one of our clients that gives their customers a way to tip their delivery drivers through Venmo [https://venmo.com/]. The logistics manager of this company reported a significant increase in ( 2 min read )
Onfleet - 2018 Year in Review

Onfleet - 2018 Year in Review

As 2018 comes to a close, we wanted to take a step back to say… pheew! This has been a whirlwind year for Onfleet. Our platform powered well over 15 million deliveries in 70 countries around the world. ( 3 min read )
Integrate Onfleet with Google Sheets in 5 Steps

Integrate Onfleet with Google Sheets in 5 Steps

All day we hear integrate this with your CRM, integrate that with your point-of-sale system, integrate us with your life. For non-technical folks (raises hand), sometimes it can be difficult to conceptualize what a software integration actually is and how integrations can make your life easier. This is a basket. ( 4 min read )
Tricks for Importing Large Quantities of Tasks with Onfleet

Tricks for Importing Large Quantities of Tasks with Onfleet

The Onfleet import tool is a powerful way to get a large amount of delivery information into your dashboard with a single, batched (and in our opinion, magical) action. With an organized spreadsheet and a few clicks, dispatchers can import up to 5000 deliveries all at once. Let’s take ( 4 min read )
Utilizing Map Overlays with Onfleet

Utilizing Map Overlays with Onfleet

Dispatchers of delivery operations of any size can use Onfleet’s powerful web-based dashboard to receive real-time updates as deliveries are occurring throughout the day. Some of the most useful information available within the dashboard include up to the second driver location, delivery status, proof of delivery assets, as well ( 3 min read )
Using Onfleet’s CSV Import with International Phone Numbers

Using Onfleet’s CSV Import with International Phone Numbers

While a direct API integration is recommended for any large delivery operation, Onfleet’s import feature is one of the most powerful ways to get a large volume of tasks into your dashboard prior to making that investment. With a simple .csv file and a few clicks, dispatchers can import ( 3 min read )
Getting the Most Out of the Onfleet Export Feature

Getting the Most Out of the Onfleet Export Feature

One of the most difficult aspects of any delivery operation is keeping track of the sheer volume of activity. Who, what, where, when, how and WHY THE HECK does that delivery always seem to give us issues? With the Onfleet Export Feature, admins and dispatchers can access 40+ individual data ( 6 min read )
Capturing Barcodes With Onfleet

Capturing Barcodes With Onfleet

When word started to spread about Amazon’s new initiative to capture photos upon delivery [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202132680] , the Onfleet team smiled. Having introduced some form of photo capture to the Onfleet driver app back in mid-2014, it seemed like Amazon was ( 3 min read )
Optimize, Integrate and Predict the Future… With Onfleet

Optimize, Integrate and Predict the Future… With Onfleet

There are a lot of delivery management tools out there and let’s face it, finding the software that fits the needs of YOUR business can be downright difficult. Let’s take a quick look at three elements that we hear time and time again are the reasons why our ( 3 min read )
Building an Onfleet Integration with Zapier

Building an Onfleet Integration with Zapier

Overview Combining Zapier [https://zapier.com/] with Onfleet [https://onfleet.com/] webhooks can be a powerful way to optimize your delivery operations. In this post we’ll give you a basic overview on how to integrate Onfleet with many of your favorite applications through the use of Zapier. The two ( 2 min read )
Predicting the Future with Onfleet

Predicting the Future with Onfleet

Onfleet leverages machine learning to produce best-in-class real-time predictions for driver arrival and delivery completion time. At peak, we maintain estimates for tens of thousands of deliveries in real-time. Overview Onfleet is a platform for efficient management of local delivery. We manage deliveries for hundreds of businesses in over sixty ( 10 min read )
Onfleet 2017 Feature Summary

Onfleet 2017 Feature Summary

As 2017 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to highlight a selection of powerful features and platform enhancements we have rolled out to our customers this year. We hope you’ve enjoyed using these features as much as we’ve enjoyed building them, and we look ( 4 min read )
Introducing: Driver Analytics

Introducing: Driver Analytics

Here at Onfleet, we eat, sleep, and breathe local delivery logistics. Every day, we think about ways (and write code) to improve our dashboard user experience, APIs, dispatching and optimization algorithms, end customer experience, and of course our driver apps. Logistics is complicated, and there are many parties involved in ( 1 min read )
Onfleet Zapier Integration out of Beta

Onfleet Zapier Integration out of Beta

Onfleet integrations with ZapierWe are pleased to announce Onfleet’s Zapier integration [https://zapier.com/zapbook/onfleet/] is officially out of Beta! Zapier is the fastest and easiest way to integrate directly with Onfleet and hundreds of other popular web applications, all without writing a single line of code. Dozens ( 1 min read )
Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts Ideas With Delivery for 2024

Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts Ideas With Delivery for 2024

Show your love this Valentine’s Day with delightful gifts delivered right to your loved one’s door. Featuring Doughbies, Drizly, Flowers For Dreams, Lady M Confections, Foxtrot, The Sill, Saucey, UrbanStems, and Meadow to help you take Valentine’s Day to the next level. 💝 Doughbies On-demand cookie delivery in ( 3 min read )
What is It Like to Have a Marijuana Delivery Service Company?

What is It Like to Have a Marijuana Delivery Service Company?

After powering millions of deliveries — including hundreds of thousands of cannabis deliveries — we’ve found that delivering cannabis is a lot like delivering . . . well, anything else. Okay, so the Fed does still consider it a highly dangerous schedule one drug, and the laws vary widely depending on where you are ( 3 min read )
Introducing Route Optimization — Delivering Delight Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

Introducing Route Optimization — Delivering Delight Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

After months of hard work and close cooperation with many of our customers and partners, we’re very excited to announce the release of Onfleet’s advanced Route Optimization engine. Route optimization allows you to quickly create timely, intelligent, and efficient delivery routes. Our algorithm considers your delivery locations, time ( 2 min read )