Category: Industry Insights

BOPIS for Retail Omnichannel Fulfillment

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Riding the Omnichannel Retail Wave with BOPIS

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic set some new ground rules for retail businesses around the world. Convenience stores, supermarkets, and shopping centers all over the world closed down for uncertain periods, and businesses came to realize that adopting omnichannel order fulfillment was inevitable to fulfill customer demand as it helped bridge the gap between traditional and modern […]

How to address the real-time courier dispatch challenges arising due to COVID-19

3PL

How to address real-time courier dispatch challenges?

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Lakshmi D

Sep 18, 2020

The consumer’s demand for faster, trackable, and efficient dispatch delivery is increasing. This rising demand has posed many challenges for the courier dispatching industry, especially in courier dispatch.  What is a courier dispatch software?  A courier dispatch software is a tool that a fleet manager uses to assign jobs to drivers. It is designed to […]

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

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

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

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Shweta Sarma

Sep 17, 2020

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 the pandemic, […]

Optimizing Last-Mile Fulfillment for FMCG Businesses in the Middle East

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Optimizing Last-Mile Fulfillment for FMCG Businesses in the Middle East

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Shweta Sarma

Sep 16, 2020

In 2019, Bain & Co. predicted that the retail industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is on the verge of a pivotal shift. “E-commerce is becoming a reality,” the management consulting company stated, “reinventing consumers’ path to purchase, forming new customer experiences, disrupting business models, and creating growth opportunities for large and […]

Last-Mile Logistics to Stand Out in the Post-Pandemic World

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Last-Mile Logistics to Stand Out in the Post-Pandemic World

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Shweta Sarma

Sep 2, 2020

How big brands responded to the pandemic, and what supply chains can learn for the future. 2020: The year of a global pandemic, the year of a worldwide economic recession, and the year of massive business transformation for supply chains across the globe. Navigating through the pandemic has been no less than a roller coaster […]

Track your Fleet and Riders in Real-time with Live View Tracking

Fleet Optimization

Track your Fleet and Riders in Real-time with Live View Tracking

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Shweta Sarma

Aug 27, 2020

Fleet Management plays a pivotal role in maintaining smooth supply chain operations and meeting delivery service level agreements. Logistics managers work round-the-clock to ensure that packages across regions are shipped in the right vehicles, and are transported and delivered in a professional manner. They must also ensure effective communication with riders and monitor on-ground activities […]

Biopharmaceutical Cold Chain Logistics: Challenges and Opportunities

Healthcare / Pharmaceutical

How Delivery Optimization Software can Help biopharmaceutical cold-chain logistics?

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Lakshmi D

Aug 21, 2020

Earlier cold chains were confined to a narrow brand of drug products. Today, with the rise of biopharmaceuticals, cold chain logistics is more important than ever.    What is a cold chain from a logistics point of view?  A temperature-controlled supply chain is called a cold chain. Samples from clinical trials, biologics, vaccines, different classes of […]

Improve fleet utilization using Locus platform

Fleet Optimization

How to Improve Fleet Utilization?

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Lakshmi D

Aug 14, 2020

Imagine you’re a fleet manager, and should plan routes for delivery vehicles that day. Apart from the distance, you have to factor into other constraints like size of orders, costs, orders at each drop, time to load and unload to make sure orders reach your customers on time. Grueling isn’t it? But the question is […]