The “last mile” is often the most complex and costly segment for many cargo and people-moving transportation segments. For engineers, this is a challenge met with innovation and creativity.

This week, we'll dive into the evolving world of logistics and mobility, where infrastructure, automation, e-mobility and smart systems intersect to drive efficiency and resilience. We'll explore how advanced technologies are transforming warehousing; how domestic reshoring has transformed supply chains down to the last mile; and how emerging transportation concepts are driving efficiency, sustainability and customer satisfaction.

It's an engineering problem, a data problem, and increasingly, a sustainability and UX problem.

Upcoming featured content

• Amazon’s new robot has a sense of touch, but it’s not here to replace humans
• How to reduce the hidden environmental costs of supply chains
• How a drone delivering medicine might just save your life
• Pizzas, parcels and payloads - Drone delivery gets major FAA clearance

From the GlobalSpec archives

• How smart warehouses are reshaping distribution networks (July 2025)
• Optimizing warehouse layouts for maximum efficiency (December 2024)
• Advancing automation in the electronics supply chain with AI (March 2024)
• How ground transportation is solving supply chain crunches (October 2023)
• First city-wide drone delivery network planned for Switzerland (June 2022)