AUTHOR: Team Locus
In Focus Webinars
Expanding with accountability: The Supply Chain Story of Bigbasket
Nov 19, 2018
Key Takeaways As a growing venture, we understand the complexities of expansion first hand. More regions to serve, additional clients and unfamiliar avenues often lead to many unforeseen challenges. And even though every business dreams of growing big, only a few are ready for added responsibilities. The supply chain and its development is at the […]
Fleet Optimization
What Are Consumer Companies Doing In Canada To Optimise Logistics And Why?
Aug 27, 2018
Key Takeaways Logistics Optimization in Canada: Recently, 78 Canadian companies, 26 business associations and 12 Canadian academic institutions came together to form SCALE.AI, and the Government of Canada announced it had selected SCALE. AI as one of five winning industry-led proposals in its Innovation Super clusters Initiative. SCALE stands for Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence, and it’s […]
CEP and 3PL
4 Questions You Need To Answer About Your Supply Chain If You Are In Southeast Asia
Jul 30, 2018
Key Takeaways Southeast Asia represents an economy of over 600 million people and a GDP of 2.4 trillion USD. According to the international research firm Frost & Sullivan, Indonesia’s compound annual growth rate is predicted to be 15.4% till 2020. Lower production costs, massive government spending, increasing disposable income of a growing middle class, along […]
In Focus Webinars
How Artificial Intelligence Can Help In Supply Chain Decision Making
Jul 20, 2018
Key Takeaways Artificial Intelligence is the latest buzzword that is making rounds in the logistics sector. AI promises to increase efficiency, cut costs and minimize human dependency at every mile of the supply chain. It also claims to foresee your future orders, predict your consumer behaviour and track every resource available to your company. But […]
Blog
On-Time and In-Full Delivery: Why Balancing Both is Important for You
Jun 25, 2018
Key Takeaways On-Time and In-Full Deliveries are the benchmarks of an optimal supply chain. With logistics costs rising, increasing Full Truck Loads (trucks which are almost completely filled) has always been an area of emphasis for logistics managers, often to the point of compromising on the other half?—?On-Time. Being there on-time is as important as […]
Route Optimization
Travelling Salesman Problem Is Not A Problem, It’s A Herculean Task.
Apr 22, 2018
There is one problem that never goes out of fashion even though people in mathematics have tried to optimize solutions for it over decades. Yes, decades! To nobody’s surprise, the Travelling Salesman Problem (read: TSP) remains to be one of the most fascinating and complicated algorithms to innovate upon. The solutions to this problem only have a […]
Supply Chain Optimization
5 Changes You Need In Your Supply Chain Design Post-GST
Feb 26, 2018
Key Takeaways With the introduction of Goods & Service Tax (GST) initiatives, it has become critical for businesses to embrace the inevitable change and redesign their logistics flow to optimise and increase efficiency in supply chain. Supply chain now involves more than just ‘buying and selling’ of goods. Designing a seamless logistics network determines the […]
Route Optimization
How the World’s Best Route Optimization Engine Works
Jan 29, 2018
Key Takeaways Introduction A route optimization engine is software that calculates the most efficient delivery, pickup, or service route by evaluating business constraints such as order priority, vehicle capacity, driver availability, traffic, customer delivery windows, service-level agreements, distance, service time, and cost-to-serve. Unlike basic navigation or route planning tools, a route optimization engine does not […]
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