{"id":15360,"date":"2026-08-28T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispatchscience.com\/?p=15360"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:27:07","slug":"from-data-to-decisions-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-data-driven-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispatchscience.com\/fr\/from-data-to-decisions-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-data-driven-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"From Data to Decisions: What It Really Means to Be a Data-Driven Carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-teams=\"true\">CLDA President Lorena Camargo interviews Dispatch Science CEO, Arthur Axelrad<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Link to interview: <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecnpzcdab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0019E3RtpYK_oSnzjedMAR3sq0O9qfY-Qc0nxleer1OEiHgGhdfaV5U-DDm_k7_NMBVRffmB0w2Nx8xkC45Py07XQNDBS6I0bs2ZCa4hARtgmCP7-X8ptzlcuGkhLZvUstusqXD0rROO0u_XmGVo7_mCI2cM0WmQt0_Jr6gHyQFn9wEkPmcNzYXQqqn-zVILqUAXAc48C0FiVwJfo4nmb8W77EEZuuAIWR1y4aAVmTB7oM=&amp;c=dxG1yc1xS0lhhrE56rU0dC7w7HZxLS0iGiQPLkLrDOKSonJMUGEZZQ==&amp;ch=A0Us8CaAECc10eqcIjy03dwI4a519ouIU-dXHARwajh_TwiBqdT_lA==\">CLDA Final Mile Fridays with Arthur Axelrad<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final mile companies generate an enormous amount of data every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every order, route, driver, delivery window, proof of delivery, customer interaction, and service exception creates another piece of information about the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But having data and being data-driven are not the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real opportunity for carriers isn&#8217;t simply collecting more information. 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Arthur&#8217;s advice was to start with the business objective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If profitability is the priority, focus on costs and productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If customer retention is the priority, look at service quality, on-time performance, damages, claims, and other measures of the customer experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If growth is the goal, capacity utilization and scalability may deserve more attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of trying to measure everything, start by asking:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are we trying to improve, and what information would help us make better decisions around it?<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Focus on Metrics That Lead to Action<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the conversation, Arthur identified five KPIs that final mile carriers should have on their radar:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>On-time delivery<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cost per delivery<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Driver productivity<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Customer satisfaction<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Route efficiency<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exact metrics will depend on the company&#8217;s goals, but the larger principle is simple: <\/span><b>a metric should help you make a decision.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing that your company completed 1,000 deliveries may be useful information. But if that number doesn&#8217;t help you understand what to change, improve, or investigate, it may not be the metric your leadership team needs most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur encouraged carriers to ask a simple question when reviewing their data:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What will we do differently because we know this?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That distinction can help leaders move beyond &#8220;vanity metrics&#8221; and focus on information that can actually influence the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Look for Patterns You Might Otherwise Miss<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest advantages of using data well is the ability to identify patterns that may be difficult to see during day-to-day operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur shared the example of reviewing months of customer delivery volume and discovering a recurring dip on a particular day each month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once that pattern becomes visible, the carrier can investigate why it&#8217;s happening and plan driver capacity around it rather than having drivers sitting underutilized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same idea applies to service exceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeated problems involving a particular location, driver, delivery type, or equipment requirement may look like unrelated incidents until the data reveals a pattern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s when information becomes actionable: when it helps a company recognize something it might otherwise have missed and make a better decision because of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Better Data Can Help You Use Existing Capacity<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growth doesn&#8217;t always mean immediately adding more vehicles or drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Route optimization is a good example of how data can help carriers make better use of the capacity they already have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective optimization goes beyond simply putting stops in geographic order. It can take into account driver location, pickup and delivery windows, vehicle requirements, loads, and other operational constraints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits can also extend beyond dispatch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accurate route information can support proactive ETA notifications to customers, improving visibility while reducing &#8220;Where&#8217;s my order?&#8221; calls to customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there&#8217;s an important catch: <\/span><b>technology can only work with the information it receives.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accurate, well-structured data remains the foundation for getting meaningful results from optimization tools, reporting platforms, and transportation management systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Where AI Can Help<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI is creating new opportunities for carriers to put that information to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur highlighted several practical applications, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predicting potential delays or service exceptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automating proactive customer communications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing appointment confirmations and status updates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyzing proof-of-delivery photos<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extracting reference information from documents or images<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying visible package damage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reducing manual reconciliation and administrative work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal isn&#8217;t necessarily to remove people from the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, AI can help identify information, patterns, and exceptions faster so employees can spend less time searching for problems and more time deciding what to do about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But AI isn&#8217;t a shortcut around having good processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A company still needs a strong data foundation, clear priorities, and people who understand how to use the information. As Arthur pointed out, AI isn&#8217;t going to suddenly make a company better on its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Technology Is Only Part of the Equation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the strongest themes from the conversation had less to do with software and more to do with <\/span><b>culture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carriers can invest in transportation management systems, dashboards, optimization tools, integrations, and AI, but those investments only create value if people actually use them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur noted that companies that give their teams time to learn their technology, understand its capabilities, and continually improve how they use it tend to get more value from those systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing a TMS isn&#8217;t the finish line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology continues to evolve, and the companies getting the most from it are often the ones encouraging their teams to remain curious, keep learning, and continue asking:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Is there a better way to do this?<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>A Simple Place to Start<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For carriers that want to become more data-driven, Arthur offered a practical first step:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Start a weekly operational review.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose one to three KPIs tied to something that can meaningfully improve the business, such as profitability, service, or productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review those numbers with your leadership and operations teams every week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure everyone understands why the metrics matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, most importantly, take action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the numbers reveal a problem, address it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the team doesn&#8217;t trust what the numbers are showing, look at how the data is being collected and improve it until everyone has confidence in the information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, that discipline can create a culture where decisions are supported by information rather than relying solely on instinct or the way things have always been done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because ultimately, being data-driven isn&#8217;t about having more dashboards, reports, or technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>It&#8217;s about using the information you already have to make better decisions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>To learn more about Dispatch Science, visit dispatchscience.com.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Watch the Full Conversation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to go deeper? Watch the full <\/span><b>CLDA Final Mile Fridays<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conversation with <\/span><b>Arthur Axelrad of Dispatch Science <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for more on the KPIs carriers should be watching, route optimization, turning data into better decisions, practical uses for AI, and how to build a more data-driven culture across your organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the full conversation on YouTube [LINK]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLDA Final Mile Fridays brings together industry leaders and experts for practical conversations about the issues affecting final mile businesses. 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