Tagged in Logistics Automation

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

The Ultimate Guide to BOPIS: Buy Online, Pick Up In Store

Oct 1, 2020

Key Takeaways There are two big pieces of news in the US to start with! First, one from Amazon was doing rounds last month. Amazon started offering customers $10 to pick up a purchase rather than delivering it to their doorstep. There were two reasons behind it. One for cutting home delivery costs and another […]

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

COVID-19 Last-Mile Logistics Roadblocks: Preparing for a Better Future

Shweta Sarma

Sep 17, 2020

Key Takeaways Like it or not, we’re sailing through one of the worst years in the history of mankind. The Coronavirus pandemic has been a true test of our adaptability, resilience, and the ability to bounce back— as humans, as economies, and as businesses. In his interview with Yahoo Finance during the early stages of […]

Delivery Experience

Back to the Good Old Days of Doorstep Milk Delivery Services

Lakshmi D

Aug 12, 2020

By 2027, the United States will manufacture 12 million metric tonnes of milk (26 pounds). This will be greater than what the US domestic market will consume. – McKinsey & Company report, 2019 Key Takeaways Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, chaos has ensued in the milk supply chain. But the pandemic has also […]

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Why Logistics Matters in the Middle East Now, More than Ever?

Team Locus

Aug 6, 2020

Key Takeaways The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust logistics to the forefront of every industry and country and the scenario is no different in the Middle East. But the challenges and opportunities in the region are quite unique. The pandemic has made life tougher as customer expectations have increased and logistics resources are being stretched to […]

Fleet Optimization

How Pop-Up Distribution Centers can solve COVID-19 Warehousing Challenges

Shweta Sarma

May 28, 2020

Key Takeaways COVID-19 has brought some unprecedented challenges for America’s supply chain businesses. Restrictions on imports, shortage of ground resources, and limited manufacturing operations are causing stiffness in supply chain movement. Meeting the rising consumer demands and managing fulfillment operations is becoming increasingly difficult for companies in E-commerce, consumer goods, pharmacy, and retail supply chains across the […]

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Using AI and Data Science to combat Covid-19

Team Locus

May 19, 2020

Key Takeaways The Covid-19 pandemic makes Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Locus’ Chief Data Scientist, remember his days as a computational biologist working on the HIV vaccines at The Scripps Research Institute. He fondly remembers how he spent days and days in the lab researching, coming up with new ideas, looking at data to interpret patterns. “I was working […]

Blog

Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Global Recession of 2020

Team Locus

Apr 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Will SaaS reshape the future of logistics and supply chain management in the days to come? Despite strict lockdown policies implemented by governments around the world, and the persevering efforts of millions of healthcare workers, Coronavirus is spreading fast and disrupting daily lives enormously. The pandemic has hit the world economy hard and […]