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Category: Fleet Optimization
Delivery Experience
Grocery is now everybody’s best friend
Key Takeaways US- Subway, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Panera Bread India- Zomato, Swiggy The UK- UberEats, Deliveroo Ride hailing companies Uber, Lyft. What connects these varied companies? Quite the zinger of a question, eh? While some of them have a food business connection, a few others are from completely different sectors. Well, don’t fret too much. […]
E-Commerce
Last Mile Carrier Tracking and Why it matters for Businesses in 2020?
“Cracking visibility problems depend on Last Mile Carrier Tracking.” Real-time visibility plays an active role in sustaining the excitement of buying a product until the product reaches you. Imagine that Michael has placed an order for a rugby kit. The E-commerce website promised that his order would be delivered within three days. He waits for […]
CEP and 3PL
When will my package arrive: The cost of missed deliveries
Key Takeaways It’s 4.35 by the time I come back. I see a note on my doorstep. No! Not that. Anything but that. But alas! It is the infamous ‘Sorry; we missed you’ note. The best-case scenario for me from here is that my parcel is with my neighbour, and hopefully, they are in their […]
Fleet Optimization
The Journey of the Mango: How India’s favorite fruit reaches your plate
Key Takeaways What’s a summer without mangoes. As we dig into this delightful, golden fruit of joy, our brows relaxed, our lips parted in a smile, we often tend to forget how this king of fruits reaches us. From a branch in a mango orchard to the plate on our table, the journey of a […]
E-Commerce
Hitting The Road Running: Can An App Improve The Life Of The Delivery Executives?
Key Takeaways Liam works for a major e-commerce firm in Chicago and delivers about 30-35 orders per day. The number goes up to 70 during peak seasons and festivals. However, in most cases for delivering 35 packages, Liam has to make over 50 trips to the given locations. Experts are of the opinion that for […]
Blog
Only The Paranoid Survive
Key Takeaways The message from Andrew Grove, founder of Intel, has been my watchword for Locus. Locus was never meant to be a good company, not even a great one. Locus was intended to be perfect, which means that in this drive for perfection, we often forget to rejoice our achievements. Today as we secure […]
CEP and 3PL
The trouble in paradise for 3PL and their fleet
Key Takeaways What happens when your best friend turns into your biggest foe? Shock, Anguish, and Sadness. Just a few of the images that come to the mind. That’s the situation that the 3PL companies are dealing with right now. Trucks, Ships, and Boxes; their most intimate homies have rebelled against them. Believe it or not, managing […]
Fleet Optimization
What Are Consumer Companies Doing In Canada To Optimise Logistics And Why?
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 […]
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