AUTHOR: Shweta Sarma
Retail & CPG
How to Optimize Permanent Journey Planning (PJP) in FMCG and Retail Supply Chains
Mar 10, 2021
Revenue is driven by a number of different factors in retail and FMCG markets — constantly evolving customer expectations, rising market competition, omnichannel trends, location demographics, and the effectiveness of supply chain elements, especially timely and effective distribution of goods to retail outlets from where the end customer buys the products. Typically, this is how […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Electric Vehicles (EVs) — The Future of Last-Mile Deliveries in 2021 and Beyond
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 […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
How Customer Expectations are Redefining B2B Logistics Businesses in 2021
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 […]
Last Mile Delivery Optimization
Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Supply Chain – The Role of Logistics Technology
Jan 13, 2021
From farm to fork, the agri-foods supply chain is typically a long journey with multiple touchpoints. Once harvested in a farmer’s barn, the produce is first sent to primary processors, who clean, cut, package, and sort the crops into appropriate sizes for sale. From the processor, it then moves to wholesalers who distribute the produce […]
Supply Chain Optimization
How Supply Chains can Reduce Carbon Footprint with Logistics Planning Software
Dec 29, 2020
How to reduce your supply chain carbon footprint with Logistics Planning Software? Check out how Locus logistics planning and green logistics strategies can help you in reducing your supply chain carbon emissions and fuel consumption. Due to climate change and reckless exploitation of natural resources, the environment is deteriorating rapidly. Intense droughts, storms, heatwaves, rising […]
Retail & CPG
The Logistics of Fresh Foods Retail Supply Chain in 2022 and Beyond
Dec 2, 2020
Updated: May 13, 2022 Two years ago, the Coronavirus crisis redefined consumer shopping habits and established some new trends in retail and consumer goods markets. Stockpiling of essentials, online shopping for consumer goods, and convenient contactless deliveries were some of the most talked-about topics. One of the biggest trends seen in the retail market that […]
E-Commerce
How to Overcome the Supply Chain Challenges in Direct-to-Consumer Selling
Nov 26, 2020
The growing demand for online shopping and convenient deliveries due to the pandemic has brought about a new revolution in the consumer goods and retail supply chain. While traditional mom-and-pop storekeepers have started selling products digitally, big-scale retail brands and consumer goods manufacturers have adopted the direct-to-consumer selling model in order to fulfill customer demand […]
Delivery Experience
A Sneak Peek into Alibaba’s Logistics Prep Ahead of Single’s Day 2020
Oct 28, 2020
Single’s Day, Guanggun Jie, or Bare Sticks Holiday, celebrated on November 11 every year, is one of the biggest commercial holidays across the world. Originally, Single’s Day was started in 1993 by university students at Nanjing University in China as a celebration of singlehood, marked by purchasing gifts and going out for parties. 11:11 was […]
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