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GST on Logistics Services: A Complete Enterprise Guide to Rates, Exemptions & Supply Chain Impact
Jun 29, 2017
Key Takeaways GST is a pivotal regulatory framework for India’s logistics sector, fundamentally reshaping supply chain strategies for enterprise organizations. Since its implementation in 2017, the unified indirect tax structure has eliminated cascading taxes, reduced interstate friction, and created new opportunities for cost optimization, automation, and real-time visibility at scale. For large retail, FMCG, and […]
Fleet Optimization
Skill Based Routing: The Sorting Hat of Intelligent Logistics
Jun 20, 2017
Key Takeaways In our previous post, we had introduced the concept of serviceability, its significance and implication for the future of logistics. It would not be telling to say that we have only scratched the surface. Leaving it at that will be like belittling the layers that lie beneath. Let’s dig deeper… Serviceability has an unpredictable […]
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 […]
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