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Demonetization on Banking Logistics: Challenges, Impact, and Optimization Strategies
Key Takeaways For banking operations leaders, cash logistics managers, and supply chain professionals navigating large-scale currency disruptions — this analysis breaks down the operational challenges of demonetization on banking logistics and the technology-driven strategies that solve them. India’s 2016 demonetization was not merely a monetary policy decision — it was one of the largest logistics […]
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Effects of Demonetisation on Logistics Sector – Boon Or Bane
Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 Rupee notes- Boon Or Bane for the Logistics Sector? Key Takeaways While the western side of the world is undergoing a major political sea change, India has been stumped by a surprise currency ban. Indians struggled to pay for basic goods like food and fuel yesterday and fretted about their […]
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Reverse Logistics : Forward Thinking Pays Big Dividends
Key Takeaways “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics”?—?Sun Tzu, The Art of War Over the past few years, the global logistics industry has witnessed an increased interest in product returns, recovery, exchange and redistribution. Stats validate that 8 to 9 percent of goods purchased at brick and mortar stores and 25 to […]
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How good is your Geocoder?
Key Takeaways What is the purpose of geocoding? Geocoding is a very important piece of the intricate logistics puzzle that Locus is solving for its clients. This merits a constant evaluation of its performance over different regions of the world. However, getting a sense of how good a geocoder is performing requires a very nuanced selection of […]
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We See Dimensions that others don’t
Key Takeaways At Locus’ Data Science team, we sift through complex problems every single day. And to see through deep complexity, it takes cleverness, technical acumen, creativity and boldness. Locus has gathered a stellar team for working on theoretically unsolvable and tough problems. This article is an introduction to the Data Science team here and how […]
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Loading a shipping container ?—?Part I
Key Takeaways Let’s start with a fable about 3D bin packing. Yes, they were worried about algorithms in the Panchatantra era too. Our default character set: a wise old sage, one greedy miner and one righteous miner. The sage offers the following get-rich-quick scheme to the miners. There is a heap of 100 gold bricks and 1 […]
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Can a hyperlocal delivery model ever be sustainable in 2021?
While there is lot of debate around whether hyperlocal delivery model is sustainable or not, I believe they have brought about a revolutionary change in how we consume food today?—?several of us, including me, are heavily dependent on it (irrespective of discounts and offers). Let’s look at some basic unit economics? – The average ticket […]
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Logistics in eCommerce – The Key Differentiator Between eCommerce Players
Key Takeaways Optimizing Logistics in eCommerce yields Better Deliveries Make Happier Customers! In India, the eCommerce sector has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past. eCommerce has taken the world of retail by storm and captivated the imagination of an entire generation of entrepreneurs with various business models. This growth was driven by rapid technology adoption led […]
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