AUTHOR: Team Locus
Fleet Optimization
What is the Serviceability Quotient Of Your Business?
Jun 10, 2017
No more late appointments, no haggling, a pleasant service experience, and a satisfied customer! Key Takeaways “Starting all over again is not that bad, because then you get another chance to make things right”. Poignant, sure, but if the same was being said of service fulfilment, be assured that the panic siren would go out […]
Dispatch Management
Automated Sorting Systems Explained: Types, Use Cases & Benefits
Jun 1, 2017
Key Takeaways Today’s digital consumers are informed, demanding, and unforgiving when it comes to delivery speed. For enterprise retailers, 3PLs, and e-commerce operations leaders managing high-volume fulfillment centers, manual parcel sorting is no longer sustainable. As package volumes surge—driven by a global automated sortation system market projected to reach USD 16.2 billion by 2034—the gap […]
Dispatch Management
Loading a shipping container?—?Part II
Feb 22, 2017
Key Takeaways (Volumetric Packing Benchmarks) I hope you all enjoyed the first read in the series of write-ups on the Lattice 3D packing. Locus has since, been busy improving the core 3D packing algorithm, adding more features and tuning its hyper parameters. We will visit all of these in a dedicated, follow-up article. Until then let’s get into some specifics […]
Dispatch Management
How Intelligent Retail Logistics Management Works – White Glove Furniture Delivery Company Success Story
Feb 12, 2017
Key Takeaways The last few years have been pivotal for startups all over the world. New ideas crop up everyday with the goal to simplify things across all sorts of industries. Quite often, these ideas and businesses are life changing and one of the defining factors of their financial success is the mastery of the logistics […]
Dispatch Management
Demonetization on Banking Logistics: Challenges, Impact, and Optimization Strategies
Nov 12, 2016
Key Takeaways For banking operations leaders, cash logistics managers, and supply chain professionals navigating large-scale currency disruptions — this analysis breaks down the operational challenges of demonetization on banking logistics and the technology-driven strategies that solve them. India’s 2016 demonetization was not merely a monetary policy decision — it was one of the largest logistics […]
Fleet Optimization
Effects of Demonetisation on Logistics Sector – Boon Or Bane
Nov 10, 2016
Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 Rupee notes- Boon Or Bane for the Logistics Sector? Key Takeaways While the western side of the world is undergoing a major political sea change, India has been stumped by a surprise currency ban. Indians struggled to pay for basic goods like food and fuel yesterday and fretted about their […]
E-Commerce
Reverse Logistics : Forward Thinking Pays Big Dividends
Sep 26, 2016
Key Takeaways “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics”?—?Sun Tzu, The Art of War Over the past few years, the global logistics industry has witnessed an increased interest in product returns, recovery, exchange and redistribution. Stats validate that 8 to 9 percent of goods purchased at brick and mortar stores and 25 to […]
Dispatch Management
We See Dimensions that others don’t
Aug 25, 2016
Key Takeaways At Locus’ Data Science team, we sift through complex problems every single day. And to see through deep complexity, it takes cleverness, technical acumen, creativity and boldness. Locus has gathered a stellar team for working on theoretically unsolvable and tough problems. This article is an introduction to the Data Science team here and how […]
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