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AI isn’t new to the supply chain, but ChatGPT is expanding its role

ORLANDO, Fla. — If there were a contest to find the buzzword that sums up the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, the winner would be clear: AI.

Companies boasted about their artificial intelligence bona fides on the floor of the recently concluded show. The flood of emails sent to journalists covering the event, offering up interviews with executives, almost all touted the AI credentials of the companies being pitched. And with international media focused on the capabilities of AI-driven ChatGPT in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ai-isnt-new-to-the-supply-chain-but-chatgpt-is-expanding-its-role

Locus sees major opportunities in Mexico’s e-commerce marketplace

Aiming to capitalize on the rapid growth of e-commerce transactions across Mexico, last-mile solutions provider Locus has expanded its operation and service offerings in the country.

To double down its efforts in Mexico, Locus has also partnered with Mexico City-based LastMile Consulting, aiming  to better understand the regional market nuances to service existing and new customers.

“We’ve identified Mexico as a high-growth market and are in the process of establishing a legal entity and people...

Locus tech enhancement connects the last mile to customer checkout

Delivery management platform Locus has added a new integration to its Dispatch Management Platform that allows retailers to optimize last-mile delivery while maintaining profitability.

Delivery Linked Checkout is an enhancement to the platform, allowing retailers to optimize deliveries via capacity-led slot bookings, multiple delivery windows, customer-friendly post-fulfillment experiences and route optimization.

“A single bad delivery can completely make or break a consumer’s perception of a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/locus-tech-enhancement-connects-the-last-mile-to-customer-checkout

The one decision that may determine last-mile delivery success

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Building a last-mile delivery network requires plenty of focus on the types of vehicles, sourcing of drivers and customer tracking information. And rightly so, as these basics are critical to any sustainable and profitable network.

But a simple decision about software early in the process could be the ultimate determiner of success. And it is one that is usually overlooked: buy vs. build.

“Everybody feels they are unique, and every client does have something unique, but at the end [of the day],...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buy-vs-build-why-last-mile-success-depends-on-that-software-decision

From order to dispatch, Locus is tackling the last mile

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — What once was a women’s safety app is now an end-to-end delivery management platform for businesses — retailers, shippers, carriers — managing the last mile.

Locus’ new order-to-dispatch delivery management solution brings together all the components for a successful last-mile delivery into an integrated platform. The solution was unveiled Monday at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/XPO 2022 conference at Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Th...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-delivery-platform-expands-beyond-routing

White Paper: What does it mean to optimize a supply chain?

The sudden shock of the pandemic quickly exposed weak points in supply chains both large and small in nearly every industry. Though facing an enormous challenge, transportation and logistics providers knew that the show must go on as freight demands changed rapidly.

FreightWaves, the leading source for navigating the freight markets, partnered with Locus, a future-ready platform that automates supply chain decisions, to snapshot the industry’s thoughts on supply chain optimization and what...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-what-does-it-mean-to-optimize-a-supply-chain

Locus optimizing field agent deployment with ServiceNow

Automation and supply chain visibility often are focused on the routing of consumer goods as they travel thousands of miles via various modes of transportation.

Locus, a supply chain visibility and routing solution, announced Tuesday it is offering these same services to optimize the deployment of field service agents in its integration with the ServiceNow Field Service Management solution.

While on the surface the two might seem like an unlikely pair, Locus founder and CEO Nishith Rastogi...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/locus-optimizing-field-agent-deployment-with-servicenow

GoBOLT, LocoNav build on India’s burgeoning supply chain investments

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ 32nd Annual State of Logistics Report has found that the United States’ business logistics costs were equivalent to 7.4% of the country’s $20.94 trillion GDP in 2020.

While these costs fell 4% from 2019 to 2020, the over-$1 trillion market has attracted a number of large investments in the space to deal with issues plaguing the market, including port congestion, lack of visibility and capacity optimization. In Q1 alone, Pitchbook found supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gobolt-loconav-build-on-indias-burgeoning-supply-chain-investments

Locus introduces ‘smart supply chain decision-making platform’

The supply chain is moving at speeds unimagined just a year ago. The COVID-19 pandemic drove consumers and businesses online, accelerating a supply chain digitization trend forward as much as 10 years, according to some experts.

For shippers adapting on the fly, the end result has been a Band-Aid approach to getting things done and product moved. In many cases, optimization of the supply chain became an afterthought to getting product to the end consumer.

To combat this, Locus, a global B2B...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/locus-introduces-smart-supply-chain-decision-making-platform

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