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Eight Important Questions to Ask Your Sales Territory Planning Vendor

Route Optimization

Eight Important Questions to Ask Your Sales Territory Planning Vendor

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Shweta Sarma

May 3, 2021

Key Takeaways 2020 gave the biggest boost to online selling, and brands across industries have embraced various omnichannel selling models to keep up with customer expectations. But for a retail or consumer goods company, a large chunk of revenue predominantly comes from goods that are sold at retail stores spread across multiple locations, catering directly […]

Manage Peak Shipping Seasons like Ramadan

E-Commerce

How Dispatch Management Software Helps Businesses Manage Peak Shipping Seasons like Ramadan

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Lakshmi D

Apr 28, 2021

Know how dispatch management software helps to manage peak shipping season demand fluctuations and challenges like Ramadan and Raya. Read More!

Cannabis Delivery Software

Delivery Experience

Cannabis Delivery Business: How to Enable Same-Day Delivery

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Mrinalini Khattar

Apr 14, 2021

Key Takeaways The pandemic has altered the face of businesses and changed consumer behavior beyond recognition all over the world. It has razed some industries to the ground and brought immense growth to others. But, what it has done for the cannabis industry in the US is truly incredible. Cannabis dispensaries and delivery has hit […]

What Is Network Optimization

Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Network Optimization: Definition and Importance

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Lakshmi D

Apr 7, 2021

Key Takeaways With the rising customer expectations, delivery businesses find it challenging to budget their logistics operations. Handling customer demand and balancing costs is just a double edged sword that needs more attention. A small glitch in either of these can lead to poor delivery experience, increasing costs and loss of revenue.  The supply chain […]

Building Supply Chain Resilience in Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Optimization

Building Supply Chain Resilience in Uncertain Times

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Team Locus

Mar 30, 2021

Authors: Gaurav Shetty and Vignesh J Key Takeaways Supply chain disruptions are no longer rare, black-swan anomalies. From the Suez Canal blockage that halted $9.6 billion in daily trade to the COVID-19 pandemic that exposed systemic vulnerabilities across every industry, the past several years have proven one thing: linear, siloed supply chains cannot withstand the […]

How to Optimize Permanent Journey Planning (PJP) in FMCG and Retail Supply Chains

Retail & CPG

How to Optimize Permanent Journey Planning (PJP) in FMCG and Retail Supply Chains

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Shweta Sarma

Mar 10, 2021

Key Takeaways Revenue is driven by a number of different factors in retail and FMCG markets — constantly evolving customer expectations, rising market competition, omnichannel trends, location demographics, and the effectiveness of supply chain elements, especially timely and effective distribution of goods to retail outlets from where the end customer buys the products.  Typically, this […]

Winter-Proof Logistics

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

How Delivery Logistics Software Helps Businesses Winter-Proof Their Logistics Operations

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Lakshmi D

Mar 9, 2021

Key Takeaways Few of the severe and defining issues that have cropped up with global warming are the unprecedented and inevitable climate events like the one in Texas. It has become impossible to predict events such as winter storms, hurricanes, polar vortices and wildfires. The need of the hour is efficient contingency plans.  Trucking companies […]

Liberalization of Geospatial Data and Mapping Policies

Tech and Product

Liberalization of Geospatial Data and Mapping Policies Could Unlock New Doors for India’s Logistics Tech Industry

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Team Locus

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, […]