Professional Case Study

Last-Mile Delivery Analytics & Data Engineering

Building the historical data foundation behind an innovative last-mile delivery proof of concept.

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The pilot

I was selected to support an innovative last-mile delivery proof of concept evaluating flexible pop-up sorting and delivery locations. My primary responsibility was building the data foundation needed to understand facility activity, delivery performance, exceptions, and operational gaps.

My role

I owned the data engineering and database side of the solution. I helped shape the early alpha version of the Tableau report, but as the project matured the customer-facing design direction was primarily owned by the project manager. I maintained and updated the report within that framework while continuing to own the underlying data and database development.

Data engineering

  • Transformed semi-structured Bringg and later FarEye exports into structured, historical, analytics-ready datasets.
  • Developed SSIS packages in Visual Studio/SSDT to ingest CSV files delivered through SFTP.
  • Built SQL Server Agent jobs, automated processing workflows, staging and historical data models.
  • Developed stored procedures for inserts, updates, deletes, validation, exception handling, and incremental historical processing.
  • Created analytical SQL views supplying the reporting layer with scanner activity, driver and delivery performance, exceptions, orders, and operational-gap data.

Working with evolving requirements

I worked closely with the project manager as the proof of concept evolved, adapting the data structures, processing logic, and reporting outputs to support changing pilot needs.

Impact

The solution created a scalable historical data foundation that helped project leadership monitor and improve the proof of concept, troubleshoot operational issues, and communicate pilot performance to senior leadership.

Focus Last-mile delivery analytics & data engineering
Sources Bringg, FarEye, CSV via SFTP
Tools SQL Server, SQL, SSIS, SQL Server Agent, Tableau
Ownership Database, ETL, analytical views & report support