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Best Logistics Software Logistics management of business is not limited to delivering products from the vendor's place/manufacturing unit/warehouse to customers’ doorsteps. It also includes taking care of the products that customers return due to quality, size/fit, or any other issues. However, managing all these aspects of logistics, manually, can be tedious and expensive. Before we check out how logistics software assists with reverse logistics management, let’s understand what reverse logistics is. What is reverse logistics? Logistics management deals with the movement of goods from a vendor’s to customer’s location. Reverse logistics deals with the movement of goods from customer’s place to vendor’s facility. The latter needs to perform when a customer raises a return request for the product that didn’t meet his/her expectations. The product is then returned to the origin (RTO).  Managing returns with the software for logistics management Here are a few ways how the best logis...

Logistics Management Software Logistics management deals with the movement of goods from one place to another. This movement could be from one warehouse to another, one hub to another hub, manufacturing unit/facility to a warehouse, and manufacturing facility/warehouse to customers’ place. Managing the logistics operations manually might not help you to achieve two main objectives of an e-commerce business, i.e. timely & cost-controlled deliveries and 100% customer satisfaction.  Some e-commerce companies hire dedicated logistics teams to look after their logistics operations, whereas, others choose to hire a third-party logistics partner to serve this purpose. No matter through which you get this purpose fulfilled, efficient logistics management is the need of the hour to bring complete operational transparency, reduced delivery cost, and extend better communication between the vendors, courier agents, and end-customers. Here are some other benefits of logistics management, do...

                                Route Planning Software With same-day and next-day deliveries becoming the next big thing in the supply chain and logistics industry, speeding up processes like order segregation, order allocation, route optimization, and others is no longer a choice. And to achieve this goal, businesses are relying on automation extended by logistics management and route planning software . Such software digitizes these processes and eliminates the need of human resources to accomplish a task. In this article, we are going to talk about route planning and optimization software and how it helps in reducing the cost of deliveries.  What is route optimization? Route planning and optimization is the optimization of routes in a way to ensure timely and cost-controlled movement/transportation of goods from one place to another. This transportation may be from a manufacturing facility/manufactu...

  Logistics Management Software 2020, one of the most catastrophic years in the modern era, has made it clear that moving your business online is not a choice anymore. If you want your business to survive, sustain, and thrive, you have to be on the World Wide Web. That is probably one of the biggest reasons why we are witnessing businesses going digital at an unprecedented rate. Having an online presence is just the way to reach your customers. In order to achieve customer satisfaction, you need to modernize your business processes as well. And if you don’t do so, you might redirect your customers to choose your competitors over you. When we talk about advancing your processes, we mean to use technologies that simplify the online shopping experience and platforms that ensure smooth and timely deliveries of your products. Just like the whole world, in the Middle East as well, online ordering has become the latest trend of shopping. And to cope with this trend, businesses are improvi...

Best Route Optimization Software No matter if it is retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, FMCG, or any other industry, route planning is the need for every business to maintain their first, middle, and last-mile delivery operations. For efficient route planning and optimization, businesses invest in manpower. However, manually managing the route planning process , especially when you have to deliver a huge order volume, is not a viable option. Businesses might have to face challenges like- Inefficient delivery routes Not following the right route can cause delay in order delivery. It can also increase driving time and decrease rider’s productivity as they might get frustrated due to traffic congestion and other road-related problems. Solution- Getting route planning software is the best way to overcome this problem. The software optimizes delivery routes using predefined algorithms and constraints like real-time traffic conditions, weather conditions, multiple stops, and customers’ deliv...

  Food Delivery Software Long gone are the days when dine-in and takeaways were the only two options restaurants, food joints, QSRs, and other food delivery businesses were offering. Digitalization has brought a revolutionary change and made everyone in the food industry to offer online services. To cope with this change, restaurant chains, quick service restaurants, and food joints started to offer online food delivery services. The trend of online ordering and home delivery service was growing at a steady pace until 2020, when the entire world got hit by coronavirus. COVID-19 and following restrictions and lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the virus have made restaurants run only with home delivery service.  And that’s when the whole food industry witnessed a huge surge in online orders. To meet the growing demand without increasing the cost, restaurants are taking the help of tech-enabled platforms and integrating food delivery management software . As the name impli...

Best Route Optimization Software As per an online report from Research and Markets, the global online grocery delivery services are expected to grow by USD 631.84 billion at a CAGR of 29% during 2020-2024. Before 2020, online grocery delivery market size was increasing at a steady rate; however, COVID-19 and following restrictions as well as lockdown has increased the number of online grocery buyers exponentially. The change in behaviour of grocery shopping has led physical store owners to shift to online platforms to reach their customers.  Online grocery delivery services require a great deal of attention so that each order can be delivered on the specified date and time. In short, it is imperative to have an efficient delivery system to deliver groceries using the least resources and at the lowest possible cost. Managing delivery routes plays a vital role in facilitating same-day and next-day deliveries. And to facilitate the same, it is imperative to plan and optimize delivery ...