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A guide to navigating peak season 2021

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With Great Volumes Comes Great Uncertainty: A Guide to Navigating Peak Season 2021

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Siddhesh Raut

Sep 14, 2021

Retailers across North America were looking forward to this year’s back-to-school season with eager anticipation. In June, as more citizens got vaccinated and the number of cases dropped, it seemed that consumers were ready to shop in stores again. That all changed with the subsequent rise of cases due to the Delta variant in the […]

Impact of Mega Distribution Centers in Logistics

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Impact of Mega Distribution Centers in Logistics

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Lakshmi D

Jul 1, 2021

Black swan events like Covid-19 pandemic have forced the logistics industry to rethink and replan their warehouse strategies. Before this pandemic, companies managed their warehouse operations using the Just In Time (JIT) principle. It has shaken up the supply chain activities from Just-In-Time to Never on time.    For a JIT warehouse management to be successful, […]

On-Time In Full Delivery Score

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How Delivery Logistics Software Improves On-Time In Full (OTIF) Delivery Score

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Lakshmi D

May 21, 2021

Amongst shippers, 51% told us that a lack of clarity on customer demand was the biggest bottleneck emerging as a result of COVID-19. – Emerging out of the Pandemic Supply Chain Report, Reuters Events, Oct 2020 The ability to fulfill customer needs, by delivering goods at the right place and time, determines the efficiency of […]

Hyperlocal delivery model

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Hyperlocal Delivery Model: Evolution and Innovation of Neighborhood Deliveries

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Lakshmi D

Apr 22, 2021

Updated on: Feb 16, 2023 The hyperlocal services market size was valued at $1,324.2 billion in 2019 and is estimated to reach $3,634.3 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 17.9% from 2021 to 2027. – Allied Market Research, Hyperlocal market services by type, 2021-2027 The past few years have seen convenience play a big […]

Winter-Proof Logistics

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

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Lakshmi D

Mar 9, 2021

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 have more […]

Crowdsourced Delivery

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Crowdsourced Delivery Is Changing the Last-Mile Delivery Game

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Mrinalini Khattar

Feb 11, 2021

Updated on: August 10, 2022 The movie or book series of Harry Potter has a separate fanbase for the spells casted in it. We used to imagine ourselves as Hogwarts students and repeat the spell used in it. One such spell used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was Accio. This spell Accio […]

Electric Vehicles for Last-Mile Deliveries

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Electric Vehicles (EVs) — The Future of Last-Mile Deliveries in 2021 and Beyond

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Shweta Sarma

Feb 9, 2021

As convenience, delivery speed, and efficiency continue to define customer experience, there is a steady growth in the use of Electric Vehicles to carry out last-mile operations. EVs are eco-friendly and offer some hidden business gains to supply chain enterprises. Read on to catch up on this rising trend that is shaping up the future […]

How Customer Expectations are reshaping the B2B space

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How Customer Expectations are Redefining B2B Logistics Businesses in 2021

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Shweta Sarma

Jan 19, 2021

The E-Commerce boom has influenced consumer behaviour like never before. Economics taught us that it was the price that drove demand. Now, we are learning how convenience drives demand even more. 2020 was a disruptive year in more ways than one, but remarkably disruptive in how it changed the way people buy and sell. The […]