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Category: General
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What Is a Supply Chain Orchestration Platform? Coordinating WMS, TMS, and Last Mile
Sep 17, 2026
Learn how a supply chain orchestration platform coordinates WMS, TMS, and last mile and how Locus orchestrates retail execution alongside your core systems.
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End-to-End Logistics Orchestration: A Reference Architecture for Retailers
Sep 17, 2026
Explore a reference architecture for end to end logistics orchestration, from order capture to POD, and map every layer to a single AI-powered platform.
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Why a Great Driver Experience is Critical for Seamless Returns Experience in 2026
Sep 16, 2026
A collection takes 6.5 minutes against a delivery's 3.5 and usually pays the same, costing the driver 12% of hourly earnings. Paying that back costs 70% of what the movement itself costs.
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How Locus Agentic TMS Improves Returns Experience in 2026
Sep 16, 2026
A returns experience is five moments, and four are transport decisions. What an agentic TMS changes at each one, and the published numbers behind it.
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TMS-Generated Return Visibility in 2026: What Adding Carriers Means
Sep 16, 2026
A unified returns view shows only the states every carrier emits. Across four carriers that is 4 of 11, which is why the return timeline has to be generated by your TMS rather than inherited.
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How AI Route Optimization Cuts Reverse Logistics Costs for Pickups and Returns in 2026
Sep 16, 2026
Simulated against a real 40-stop delivery route, inserting return pickups cost 37% to 50% less than dedicated trips, and 58 of 60 returns were worth inserting. The routing is not the hard part.
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Why Returns Management is a TMS Problem, Not Just a Warehouse Problem
Sep 16, 2026
Transportation owns 49% of returns cost and every decision about when goods arrive. Collecting every three days instead of daily doubles the warehouse a retailer has to build.
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Returns Management and Refund Cycle Time in 2026: Where the Days Actually Go
Sep 16, 2026
Transport legs are 60% of refund cycle days and 76% of the variance. Because the refund promise is set on a quantile, variance is what decides how many days you can advertise.
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