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Category: Tech and Product
Tech and Product
Successful Proving of Concepts
Jul 14, 2021
Key Takeaways “Hola Jesus”“Hola cómo vas”“Su ubicación ha desaparecido”“¿Cómo cambiar esa configuración?” That is an excerpt from a Whatsapp conversation I had with one of the drivers while conducting a Proof of Concept (POC) in Quito, Ecuador. I do not speak Spanish, and the conversation could have been interpreted by both the participants differently. That […]
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Solving Permanent Journey Planning at Locus
Jul 7, 2021
Author: Abhishek Goyal; Edited by: Kewal Krishna Key Takeaways PJP aka Permanent Journey Planning – What is it? PJP refers to the day-level route planning mechanism for a fixed duration that a company or a distributor creates to visit several outlets in a specified region via several delivery partners for different products. Outlets can range […]
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How we wrote a pipeline abstraction module with one line of code
Jun 10, 2021
Key Takeaways A declarative implementation of the pipeline design pattern for maintaining rapidly evolving and complex data science workflows. Motivation: At the core of all the products at Locus lie complex mathematical models and large workflows which are expected to perform at scale. None more so than our brand new strategic supply chain planning platform, […]
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Logistics is the New Software
Jun 2, 2021
Key Takeaways Every consumer company WILL be a logistics company. Logistics is the new software. Yes! Let that sink in. The ‘legacy software’ way of running supply chain and logistics is no longer viable for the present ‘on-demand’ world. It needs a new ‘operating system’ to run on. Building such a ‘system’ requires ground-up innovation […]
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Liberalization of Geospatial Data and Mapping Policies Could Unlock New Doors for India’s Logistics Tech Industry
Mar 2, 2021
Key Takeaways India’s Ministry of Science and Technology has announced changes to the country’s mapping and geospatial data laws, liberalizing regulations on geospatial information, making it freely available for innovation and IT companies across the country. New guidelines have been issued for acquiring and producing geospatial data and geospatial data services, including maps. Indian citizens, […]
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What’s new @ Locus – New Releases: 200+ orders on App, Custom Reports and more…
Nov 6, 2020
Key Takeaways With most of the year gone past with battling the pandemic, each of you has shown commendable business resilience. We are proud to have partnered with you to bring about change and innovation which is the need of the hour. As an extension to providing businesses support, here are the latest releases from […]
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How we built a zero-waste product roadmap in a Logistics SaaS Company
Oct 22, 2020
Key Takeaways If you are a Product Manager (PM), it is highly likely that you dread the month before a new quarter begins. You, my friend, have to decide what your tech team will spend 25% of their year building. Your customer success team wants you to build that long-pending feature request raised by the […]
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Turbocharge your front end using WebAssembly
Oct 15, 2020
Authors: Vaibhav Aparimit & Arun Nalla Key Takeaways JavaScript has evolved as the lingua franca for front end engineering. Having just one language for the front end is pretty dope as you develop once and run your code on any browser. Of course, you still need to test your web app on different browsers, but […]
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