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Top CIO Checklist for Optimizing Logistics Management. WorkOliday! LogiNext cracked the millennial code in scenic Goa! – By Kenneth W Wheeler, VP, Human Resources and L&D People, the most critical asset and powerful component of every organization.

WorkOliday! LogiNext cracked the millennial code in scenic Goa!

A definitive force that acts as a key differentiator between a good versus a great organization. When you think about a great organization, what do you imagine? A place… where a lot of rewarding and fulfilling work is done every day,where people feel eager to partake in various activities for fun and learning (even at the same time if possible),where people enjoy a healthy life balance, where their work impacts a positive and lasting impact on the world and clients alike,where their efforts are celebrated and their talent is channelized to achieve more than what they believed could be possibly achieved by them. It’s a nice snapshot of the basic requirements of the workplace. Is it really about work-life balance for millennials? There’s more to work-life balance when it comes to millennials.

The transformed work environment has raised the challenge for HR. How the retail landscape has changed in the past five years. Retail, as we grown to recognize it, might not exist in the near future.

How the retail landscape has changed in the past five years

This isn’t another retail doom warning. On the contrary, it’s about how the retail and e-commerce space is fast evolving. And why is this happening? The primary driving point for this change is a clear focus on creating the perfect experience for the customer. How has Internet of Things changed the lives of businesses worldwide? – Dhruvil Sanghvi (written for Insight Success) Does anyone remember a time before the Internet?

How has Internet of Things changed the lives of businesses worldwide?

Most of us have seen it, but it’s hard to recreate it in our mind. It only exists in long tales which we tell the young, tales of yesteryears where life wasn’t occupied by technology. But we love technology. How Last Mile Delivery Optimization Can Boost Customer Satisfaction. Top e-commerce companies losing money but still winning the last mile. Simple Guide to Perfect Change Management for SaaS Software. Simple Guide to Perfect Change Management for SaaS Software. Why is ‘right logistics tech’ the only way to compete in this high-demand ‘Amazon’ world.

What’s up there in the clouds? Benefits, innovations, and the most customer-centric system. Why it Makes Sense to Have Customer-Centric Logistics Management. How to Implement Elastic Logistics without Losing Your Workforce. What’s Going on in the Field? Be on Top of Ground-Level Realities. Someone wise once said, “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path”.

What’s Going on in the Field? Be on Top of Ground-Level Realities

It’s true the quote, when it was said, had nothing to do with ground-level movement of field workforce for top CPG, maintenance service, cash management, distribution management companies. But the reality is that the distance between plans and execution mean that the companies are left wanting more and not able to figure out which bottleneck or efficiency drain to plug. This is where we bring in machine learning-backed route planning scheduling in the picture. Let’s look at the issue as it stands right now. The Field Workforce Planning-Execution Gap Companies must perform tasks such as sales calls, client relationship building, maintenance services, supervising high-worth asset movement, etc.

Suppose the plans are for a top CPG company which moves a high volume of consumer goods in the market. How to Pass a Roadside ELD Inspection Without Violations. We are now well past the 1st April enforcement date for electronic logging device (ELD) implementation.

How to Pass a Roadside ELD Inspection Without Violations

There has been debate around the hours of service and its impact on the current driver shortage. But its best to move further from that and focus on the task at hand. ELD is here. Now if your trucks are stopped for a roadside inspection, how do you prepare to get through that without any violations? Recommended Read: ELD Mandate For Trucking Industry By FMCSA – What Should You Know? Here’s what you need to know to be violation free. Keep the Manuals Ready Drivers should have all the instructions manuals in place. Now, this isn’t a violation right away, but it sets off red flags and can me mean up to potential violations. Same Day Deliveries from Retail and E-commerce? ‘Tech is the way’, says Top Delivery Service Operations Director. Delivery service companies are again at the forefront of innovation.

Same Day Deliveries from Retail and E-commerce? ‘Tech is the way’, says Top Delivery Service Operations Director

There was a time when long distance package delivery was a wonder, now companies do it in a day. Customer requirements and expectations have evolved, and the industry has truly stepped up using technology as a powerful driver. Today we speak to an industry veteran with close to two decades of raw delivery management experience. Liam O’Sullivan has earned matchless following and adulation in his career. He is the Director of Operations at International Post Corporation (IPC), Brussels, Belgium.

Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software. Optimize your last mile logistics.

Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software

Plan routes better and automate resource allocation. How Tech-Enabled Logistics Would be at Center of E-Commerce Growth. In a warehouse on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital, supervisors at e-commerce company Lazada use bikes or electric scooters to zip around a floor the size of four soccer fields, where up to 3,000 staff pack and dispatch goods around the clock.

How Tech-Enabled Logistics Would be at Center of E-Commerce Growth

The warehouse is one of five that Lazada has opened across Indonesia to cut costs and expand its reach in an archipelago whose 17,000 islands are sprinkled across an area bigger than the European Union. Chinese tech firms, including Lazada’s top investor, Alibaba Group Holding, have poured at least $6 billion into nearly every aspect of Indonesian e-commerce. Lazada uses Alibaba’s inventory management systems and has tied up with ride-hailing companies, often using their motorbikes to deliver goods in a country with creaking infrastructure and traffic-clogged cities. The payoff could be huge. It is a market forecast to grow from about $7 billion last year to $63 billion by 2027, according to Morgan Stanley. Competitive pressure is growing. What’s Going on in the Field? Be on Top of Ground-Level Realities. Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software. Case Study: How to Increase Sales Effectiveness by 25% in FMCG. This is a story about effective field agent performance optimization and its resultant benefits.

Case Study: How to Increase Sales Effectiveness by 25% in FMCG

According to one of our major clients in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, field sales effectiveness was something that they wanted to increase as soon as possible. We said, sure, we will increase it by 20% by the end of the quarter. We managed to increase it by 25%. This is how we did it. Some summary of the client. Largest Sporting Goods Retailer in the World, Decathlon, Boosts On-Time Deliveries with LogiNext. And Now, in World News: The Hindu Business Line Yahoo Finance Here’s the gist of what happened: Decathlon, with a million daily shipments moving through its 1100 stores across the world, picks the best global route and resource optimization solution provider, LogiNext, to streamline their merchandise movement with accurate on-time deliveries and complete end-to-end distribution visibility.

Largest Sporting Goods Retailer in the World, Decathlon, Boosts On-Time Deliveries with LogiNext

Decathlon plans to leverage LogiNext’s superior analytics backed logistics optimization to boost their market across major developing nations and replicate its ‘French’ across the world! Logistics Management Software Turning Companies Like Accenture into Mavericks. What do you say when the top management consulting companies such as Accenture, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, KPMG, and IBM Global Business Services cite operational streamlining as a key element in arresting margin erosion?

You sit up and find out which company offers the best logistics management software. Logistics management has now become the singular platform for cost leadership and profit generation. Most of the Fortune 500 companies partner with management consultants to streamline their strategies and processes. Accenture has time and again reinstated the importance of profitable and agile processes.

They have adapted their strengths to incorporate logistics management as a core competency. Cash on Delivery Management – The Immovable Feature for Complete Customer Service. All the major courier and logistics companies across the world serving direct end-customers via e-commerce or retail home deliveries consider cash on delivery management as a key area in dire need of solutioning.

Cash on delivery, or collect on delivery, is a key business process has sustained its popularity despite multiple payment options gaining ground. A study business insider shows that cash on delivery still happens to hold the highest percentage of the total payment types in developing markets. With the popularity of e-commerce and direct-to-home deliveries increasing rapidly, the package size and invoice amount go on decreasing.

As most of the major marketplace providers such as Amazon, Walmart, Alibaba, Flipkart, etc. are leveraging volume to bring down overall logistics management costs. To infuse volume around festive and peak merchandise movement periods, these companies often bundle free-shipping for their priority customers. Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software. “Why Millennials prefer QSR to FSR?”: The Future of Food On-Demand Delivery! Millennials, a generation coming of age with the new millennium, inheriting the anxieties and problems of the previous generation and adding a unique nonchalance to it all. Millennials are perhaps the clearest target market across history.

They know what they want.They aren’t easily manipulated. And when they are, they are aware of it.They adapt and evolve with technology at a much faster rate than ever seen before.They consume products and services with equal demand and consistency.They approach luxuries as fleeting moments of joy and not as a pre-conditioned need.They are much more independent in mind as compared to being independent in finances.They sometimes spend judiciously while other times it’s frivolous. Their appetite for instant gratification is higher than previous generations.

FMCG Competitiveness is up on a New High! Field Service Management is the New Industry Favorite. Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies across the world are building markets as they grow towards their ambitious targets. Some of these companies have high brand loyalty such as Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Mondelēz, P&G, Unilever, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and even Philip Morris.

How do these big companies expand their business? They broaden their product portfolio to better connect with the end consumer.They better their promotional and communication strategies to boost product awareness.They extend their distribution network to penetrate deep into existent territories and spread to new territories. The above pointers provide a threefold approach to success in the FMCG sector. Your Sales Numbers are Shouting Out Loud That Your Sales Workforce Needs Optimization. Three words to make your field workforce perform to the best of their abilities. Innovate. Resonate. Motivate. Are Your Vehicles Safe on the Road? Ensure Your Last Mile Delivery Safety! What I Learned from The Brilliant People Who Attended the Forbes Summit in Manila. How Basic Mathematics Can Transform Your Retail Distribution Network.

Distribution is retail has taken a new life post the rise in consumer demand across developing markets. Territorial mapping and analytics has infused the waning sector with vigor and ambition. What seemed liked the peak, turned out to be the tip of the iceberg. From Hyperloop to Robots! The Biggest Breakthroughs in Logistics and Field Service Management! The logistics sector in the country is evolving. Industries and government entities are embracing the concept of optimization to increase profitability while boosting sustainability. Compounded Iteration: How Machine Learning Saved Millions for Transport Companies.

Brilliant ideas lead to success only if they are executed properly. Just having a brilliant idea doesn’t automatically ensure success unless you make it work. The ‘making your idea work’ is where a lot of companies get stuck. Your Sales Numbers are Shouting Out Loud That Your Sales Workforce Needs Optimization. Are Your Vehicles Safe on the Road? Ensure Your Last Mile Delivery Safety! Do You Think Heavy Traffic Blocks are the Only Reason for Delayed ETA’s? Think Again! Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software. Mobile Field Service and Field Workforce Management Software. Optimize your last mile logistics. Mobile Field Service and Field Workforce Management Software. Top 5 Most Cost Effective Logistics and Field Service Management Software. Are you in the business of managing large fleet of vehicle and field workforce?

Well, for people like you I am sure managing these services is not an easy task. Delivery Route Planning & Optimization Software. How Does the Biggest CPG Company in the World Handle Last Mile Delivery? One of the largest Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies in the world increased the on-time deliveries by more than 60% while decreasing their resource cost by 18% and increasing their utilization by 30%. This increased the overall value (return on investment) of each resource to an amazing 58.5%.

5 Ways Data Analytics is Changing the World: A Logistics Management Overview! Logistics management has transformed itself in the past half of the decade backed by intense development in machine learning capabilities and data analytics. With the level of integration unleashed by Internet of Things, you can not only track the real-time location, speed, and fuel usage of your in-transit delivery vehicle, but also the calmness of the driver. Your real-time vehicle tracking can be covered by new-age routing and optimization software, whereas the calmness of the driver can be tracked through various wearable technology.

Logistics Management Software. Logistics Management Software. What I Learned from The Brilliant People Who Attended the Forbes Summit in Manila. How Basic Mathematics Can Transform Your Retail Distribution Network. 5 Things You Need to Know About On-Demand Delivery Management. What’s Hot and What’s Not for Winning Distribution Management in Asia. Last Mile Delivery Logistics Management Case Study Consumer Packaged Goods. White Paper on the Future of Last Mile Solutions in Retail and E-commerce. Last Mile Delivery Logistics Management Case Study Consumer Packaged Goods. Mobile Field Service and Field Workforce Management Software. How Field Agent Management Can Change Smart Grids and Advanced Metering Infrastructures. Top Do’s & Don’ts of Field Agent Management: Get the Best Out of Your Medical Representatives.

SaaS vs On-Premise! Here’s Why On-Premise Deployment is Not the Safest Option Anymore. 7 Strategies That Boosted my Company’s Growth. Game of Thrones Revisited! Field Workforce Optimization Wins it this Winter! How Machine Learning and IoT Transforms Field Workforce Management.

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