AUTHOR: Team Locus
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Followed by Randomness
Nov 2, 2017
Key Takeaways Rolling dice has been a divine act since ancient times. For Pre-Christians who lived along the MediterraneanSea, the die was the law of the land. Since then human beings have not shied away from exploiting its power in all spheres of life, be it for recreation, gambling, moving economy, predicting weather, and even […]
Blog
Bringing Banking to the Customer’s Doorstep with ‘Locus for BFSI’
Jul 18, 2017
Key Takeaways Expectations are a moving target, thereby creating the need for institutions to regularly track and understand how they are Performing Against Customer Expectations (PACE). The PACE index for the banking sector does this on an annual basis, in a global study spanning 8,000 customers and 500 small businesses. The 2016 survey revealed that Indian banks were near the bottom of […]
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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 […]
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