Same-day delivery requires a fundamentally different logistical framework from its standard system, logistics experts say.

Internet connections can be slow and the vast archipelago landscape can prove daunting to even hardened logistics experts.

But fast shipping is costly and most retailers who offer it currently lose money on the service, warn logistics experts.

The e-commerce giant would need to add a large network of specialized grocery distribution warehouses, former AmazonFresh employees and logistics experts said.

You have no private apothecary, but your local pharmacy supplies you with the handiwork of many thousands of chemists, engineers and logistics experts.

The logistics experts decided that tanks and other tracked vehicles should remain on the railcars, in case they had to be moved rapidly somewhere else.

Switzerland had already pledged 500,000 francs to the Lebanese Red Cross and has sent disaster specialists including civil engineers and logistics experts to Beirut.

Transferring from rail to barge adds an additional $1.50 to $2 in fees for unloading and again for loading, said logistics experts.

Logistics experts say there's no way a store can match a traditional warehouse in terms of order-fulfillment efficiency.

Logistics experts, who noted that volumes surge during the holiday season, took Amazon's shipping cost forecast in stride.