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Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Using AI and Data Science to combat Covid-19
May 19, 2020
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 on vaccine […]
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Minimize your Last Mile Logistics Delivery Complexities using Logistics Automation
Last mile logistics deliveries are becoming more complicated with each passing day. On one-side, customer expectations are increasing, and on the other, delivery companies are struggling with rising distribution costs and pressures to maintain profitability. How automation eliminates delivery complexities in last mile logistics? Last-mile technologies like logistics automation have made it possible to run […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
COVID-19 : Time to Zone out
May 18, 2020
Ever since the global community took note of the COVID-19 transforming into a pandemic, enforced social distancing or lockdowns have been a consistent reaction from every Government (barring rare exceptions like Sweden). The severity of the lockdown has varied from recommendations to stay indoors to military enforced mandatory restrictions on any movement deemed non-essential. India, […]
Supply Chain Optimization
The role of AI in Supply Chain Transformation: Locus Webinar Takeaways
May 14, 2020
Supply chains around the globe are in absolute chaos today. COVID-19 and uncertain lockdowns have caused major disruptions in the way businesses operate. To define the emerging industry trends, and the role of Artificial Intelligence in modernizing the retail and FMCG supply chain, Locus recently hosted an exclusive live webinar. Darija Pizent, Director of Supply […]
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Zone-based routing is the need of the hour
May 12, 2020
Terms like Red, Amber, Green; Red, Orange, Green; phased opening; restrictions; have all become a crucial part of our lives in the last few weeks. With the world slowly opening up amidst the Covid-19 outbreak, supply chain and logistics is going to play a really crucial role in setting up the ‘new normal’. Team Locus caught up […]
Delivery Experience
Grocery is now everybody’s best friend
May 11, 2020
US- Subway, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Panera Bread India- Zomato, Swiggy The UK- UberEats, Deliveroo Ride hailing companies Uber, Lyft. What connects these varied companies? Quite the zinger of a question, eh? While some of them have a food business connection, a few others are from completely different sectors. Well, don’t fret too much. The answer […]
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical
Managing the Pharma Supply Chain smoothly amidst the COVID-19 chaos
May 6, 2020
We’re in the year of a devastating global pandemic that has put the entire mankind at risk. The COVID-19 outbreak has affected over 3.5 million people so far and is continuing to disrupt normal life and economies around the world. Over 100 vaccines are currently under pre-clinical tests, but healthcare experts are still not sure […]
Delivery Experience
Refrigerated Logistics becomes a mainstay in Grocery deliveries
In the next ten years, 70% of American consumers will regularly do grocery shopping online. – Food Marketing Institute. The sudden growth of online grocery sales has led to increased demand for cold-storage products. A challenge that grocers face in refrigerated logistics is that consumers are very picky when it comes to food and consumables. […]
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