Geography

First Meter

The pickup leg of a delivery: store, restaurant, warehouse, or hub. Where the delivery actually starts, before any handoff to a carrier. Nash uses First Meter rather than first mile because the pickup point is rarely a mile away from anything; it's usually meters.

Where this fits

Logistics gets named by the geography of the move. First Meter covers the pickup leg, Middle Mile covers transfers between operating points, Last Mile covers the route to the recipient, Last Yard covers the final handoff. Each band has its own constraints, cost shape, and capacity profile.