1) Quick-commerce: Its rise and the last-mile challenges that it creates Well, the onset of “Quick Commerce” (Q-commerce) has brought about huge benefits for all involved – consumers, brands, and retailers. However, to ensure that it keeps delivering on its potential – and, consistently at that – it must be planned and executed properly. Challenges …
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1) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: the next revolution in the logistics industry. We live in an era of rapid globalization and digitization. Both go hand-in-hand and each spurs the other on. Consumers the world over now buy more, receive their deliveries faster, expect to pay lesser, demand exemplary customer service…well, the list is a …
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1) Order-Fulfillment provides today’s companies with a competitive advantage. We all love receiving packages that we ordered online, don’t we? But enthusiasm is also combined with anxiety, isn’t it? Today’s businesses have realized the order fulfillment they provide their customers must be turned into a core competitive advantage. If not, they will lose customers and …
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1) Why is routing efficiency critical-2-success for today’s delivery companies? Powered by e-commerce giant Amazon, this millennium saw the arrival of hitherto unthinkable delivery times! Same-day, 24-hour, and even 15-minute delivery for groceries and medicines! This has raised the bar unchangeably; customers now consider such delivery times the new standard and are unwilling to settle …
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1) What Is Courier Management? The process or activity of coordinating last mile delivery is known as “courier management.” Naturally, the scope and complexity of this process depend on the size and nature of your business model, its supply chain, and its eco-system. For the most part, it includes tasks like scheduling and assigning deliveries, …
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Summary As is common knowledge by now, last-mile logistics is the costliest part of the order-fulfillment process. Since Ecommerce is a highly competitive business with low margins with almost all products easily available on numerous marketplaces, companies are forever experimenting with new ways to cut costs and gain a march over their competitors. In such …
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Summary Our world today is characterized by rapid technological advances and forever evolving consumer preferences. This makes businesses and products obsolete as fast as they appear on the market! The rate of attrition has never been higher. And, with the emergence of e-commerce behemoths like Amazon and their unbelievable delivery speeds like “24-hr delivery” and …
Summary In addition to buying from the traditional physical stores, a modern consumer has options that include eCommerce, social media, social commerce, and quick-commerce. Well, the list is only growing! For retailers, suppliers, and manufacturers, this means maintaining an omnichannel retail presence. Without it, you will be losing out on opportunities to not only interact …
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Summary What Is “White Glove Delivery Service”? When is it used? The term “White Glove” is an expression for describing “excellence, extra care, exceptional service, or special attention”. When used within the Logistics and Distribution business, it describes the process of transporting or delivering goods and products that need to be handled with greater care …
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Summary Modern eco-systems and global markets have created a highly complex, uber-competitive, and frenetic global marketplace. Gone are the days when having a “differentiated product” in terms of just pure functionality was enough to create a sustainable business. These days, the “differentiation” is often from a source outside the core product offering i.e. your Logistics …
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