Tagged in optimizing supply chain performance

Cross-border E-commerce Strategy

E-Commerce

9 Essential Tips for Building a Cross-border E-commerce Strategy

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Lakshmi D

Jul 15, 2021

33% of consumers bought more cross border due to pandemic- IPC Cross-Border E-commerce shopper survey, 2020.  47% of cross-border deliveries were slower due to COVID-19. – IPC Cross-Border E-commerce shopper survey, 2020.  Today, E-commerce has made cross-border selling and buying much easier than a decade ago. Though the demand for cross border e-commerce has increased […]

Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends

Delivery Experience

Top 5 Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends to Watch Out in 2020

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 23, 2020

2020 has been a tough pill to swallow in more ways than one, but it’s officially the holiday season now. Finally, it is that time of the year to soak in some holiday cheer and have a good time with family and friends. With festivities like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year lined up one […]

Logistics Saas Company

Tech and Product

How we built a zero-waste product roadmap in a Logistics SaaS Company

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locus_dhruv

Oct 22, 2020

If you are a Product Manager (PM), it is highly likely that you dread the month before a new quarter begins. You, my friend, have to decide what your tech team will spend 25% of their year building. Your customer success team wants you to build that long-pending feature request raised by the customer, while […]

Unifying Indian Logistics with Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Optimization

Towards Unified Indian Logistics with Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

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Shweta Sarma

Aug 13, 2020

In a panel discussion on ‘Data in Coronavirus Times’ hosted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant stated that the government should actively share important information to help researchers, medical representatives, and the country’s public to successfully fight the pandemic.  “The government needs to actively share standardized […]

AI in Home Diagnostics Services

Healthcare / Pharmaceutical

The Role of AI in Ensuring Excellent Home Diagnostics Services in Times of COVID-19

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Shweta Sarma

Jun 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has confined people to their homes, restricting travel, and non-essential outdoor activities for months. Recent surveys show that the demand for home diagnostic services is increasing as people across the United States shelter in place due to the pandemic. People who wouldn’t have dreamed of tackling a home appliance repair are now […]

Using AI and Data Science to combat Covid-19

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Using AI and Data Science to combat Covid-19

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locus_dhruv

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 […]

Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain

Healthcare / Pharmaceutical

Managing the Pharma Supply Chain smoothly amidst the COVID-19 chaos

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Shweta Sarma

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 […]

FMCG supply chains

E-Commerce

FMCG + eCommerce + Modern Trade Supermarkets = Future of Supply Chain

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locus_dhruv

Apr 16, 2020

In these COVID-19 times, it is no surprise that the FMCG sector is in the thick of the action. Across the globe, there is a huge demand for essential commodities ranging from food supplies, diapers, hand sanitizers, and beauty care, among other items. FMCG supply chains are rising to the occasion even with all the […]