Capacity

Hybrid fleet

A delivery operation that draws on internal drivers, contracted carriers, and gig couriers together rather than choosing one. The value is not owning several channels; it is treating them as a single capacity pool so each order routes to whatever best fits its promise. Orchestration is what makes a hybrid fleet act as one.

Where this fits

Capacity comes in many shapes. Internal drivers, contracted carriers, gig couriers, autonomous units. Nash treats them as one pool ranked by the rules you set so each order goes to the option that best matches its promise instead of a static default.

Related terms

Crowdsourced delivery: Fulfilling deliveries with independent, non-dedicated drivers summoned on demand rather than a fixed roster. Capacity that flexes with the day, which Nash ranks alongside internal fleet and contracted carriers as one pool.
Vehicles: The physical units a delivery rides in: vans, trucks, e-bikes, motorcycles, drones, autonomous pods. In Nash, every vehicle is a tracked asset with capacity (cubes, weight, temperature class) and constraints (cold chain, regulated cargo, restricted zones) the dispatch engine reads against every job.
Gig courier: An independent driver dispatched per delivery through a marketplace (Uber, Roadie, Senpex, others). On-demand capacity that flexes with demand without taking on payroll.
DSP: Delivery Service Partner. The contracted last-mile operator model made famous by Amazon: independent businesses that run branded vehicles and drivers exclusively for one shipper.
3PL: Third-Party Logistics provider. A company contracted to run all or part of another business's logistics: warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, sometimes returns. Sits between a shipper and the carriers.