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3 Lessons Tom Brady Teaches Dispatchers and Drivers

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Lakshmi D

Aug 30, 2023

There are outliers in sports who prove that age is just a number! Tom Brady is one among them!  Tom Brady defied many odds as a player. The average retirement age for a National Football League (NFL) player is in their 20s, and very few cross their 30s and stay relevant. But Tom Brady got […]

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Lessons From The NFL Draft: Building a Strong Logistics Team

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Lakshmi D

Aug 14, 2023

The NFL is one of the most competitive and rewarding sports arenas of all time!  We’ve heard the inspiring stories of many legendary players in the National Football League – Lamar Jackson, Josh Jacobs, Dornell Docket, Jimmy Graham, Michael Oher, and many more! The tactical combination of perseverance, hard work, talent, mental toughness, and luck helped […]

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Embracing Strategic Digitalization to Stay Ahead of Tech Obsolescence

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Mrinalini Khattar

Aug 7, 2023

In the relentless pursuit of success of today’s business world, change is the only constant. No industry remains untouched by this rapid digital transformation, especially the last mile delivery market, which was valued at $131.52 billion in 2021, and is expected to reach $288.87 billion by 2031.  Let’s try to visualize this $157.35 billion increase. […]

Gartner's Hype Cycle '23 for Locus

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Locus Identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2023 report.

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Team Locus

Aug 2, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Gartner® has included Locus as a Sample Vendor for Last-Mile Delivery (LMD) solutions in their Hype Cycle™ 2023 for Supply Chain Execution Technologies report. This is the consecutively the second such mention. Previously, Locus was also mentioned as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Last-Mile […]

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Enabling Peak Season Fulfillment During Ramadan in the Middle East

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Lakshmi D

Aug 1, 2023

To believe or not to believe? Were the literary titan Shakespeare here today, observing the contemporary business landscape, he might pose this question. There was a time when we considered customers’ beliefs to be unshakeable and deep-rooted, immune to change. Yet, the landscape has evolved, and a delightful experience can ultimately make or break a […]

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Shippers- Optimize Truckloads With Intelligent Solutions

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Prateek Shetty

Jul 25, 2023

In a world where Amazon is the new storefront and everyone and their uncle suddenly loves to play SimCity with their supply chain, understanding the nuts and bolts of truckload types is as crucial as getting the latest iPhone before it sells out. The global trucking industry market size has suppressed $285 billion in 2022 […]

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Load Matching: Optimizing Logistics Efficiency in the Last Mile

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Team Locus

Jul 24, 2023

Supply chain management involves the transportation of freight between locations, and load matching is a small but critical aspect that drives supply chain efficiency. Load matching can be understood as the pairing of freight with the most suitable transportation carriers. If done right, load matching means better resource optimization, cost reduction, streamlined operations, and ultimately, […]

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Customer-Centricity: The Secret To Success on ONDC Platform

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Lakshmi D

Jul 21, 2023

At the stroke of midnight when the world was about to enter into 2023, India took a bold decision. A decision that could democratize the entire e-commerce setup for businesses and build a level-playing field for them and improve the product choice for customers.  Given that this revolutionary platform is still in its early stages, […]