Missing a package delivery is usually not a problem when one can easily go online or call to request redelivery.
But as online shopping rapidly grows, such customer conveniences have become problematic for delivery companies, truck drivers and society as a whole.
In late September, the transport ministry issued the first report of its kind on the social impact that redelivery poses in terms of wasted energy and manpower as the industry struggles to deal with a driver shortage.
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