The logistics management of goods is a pain point for many businesses across all industries, with the process of moving items from location A to location B often requiring a lot of planning, strategizing, hands-on administration, and communication. This makes sense when all the moving parts are considered, as every shipment and delivery needs to be documented, route planning and route optimization needs to be brought, and drivers need to be in constant communication. All of this is required to give a great end customer experience and drive operational efficiency.
For any business, this is a huge undertaking in terms of cost and labor, evidenced by the gargantuan amount - more than $1.6 trillion - spent on logistics management by businesses per year. As such, many rely on third-party logistics and transportation businesses to do the work for them. Unfortunately, the one-size-fits-all nature of these businesses often results in delays or mistakes at all stages of the logistics journey, which can harm both a business’s bottom line and its reputation with customers. As a result, many business leaders are scrambling to find new ways to manage their own logistics strategies, but with such a complicated and unique problem, what solutions are there?
The answer lies in technology powered transportation management systems. Over the last two decades, the logistics industry has experienced a stark digital transformation, evolving from the administration-heavy analogue way of transporting items, to a process that can be managed through an automated all-inclusive platform. One such platform is LogiNext, a highly configurable all-mile delivery and dispatch management software with an offering for enterprises to handle every stage of the logistics process with minimal effort.
Smart automation that covers all delivery management issues
LogiNext Mile is powered with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technology to offer enterprises a platform to suit any delivery management need across the first, middle and last mile. The LogiNext Mile transportation automation platform has rich features like real-time tracking, route optimization, dispatch management, and detailed performance reports to optimize all-mile enterprise logistics.
Additionally, LogiNext Mile has multiple integrations possible via APIs which means that an enterprise may be using legacy software for some of its processes but the new age LogiNext technology has the capability to talk with these systems. An enterprise does not need to revamp all its existing systems but only needs to connect its existing software to LogiNext via simple integrations and they’re ready to go live.
Less stress, lower costs and higher productivity, in any industry
Many logistics platforms focus only on the final stage of the delivery process, where the business delivers the item to the end customer. While a dedicated platform for this is undeniably effective, it only solves part of the logistics problems faced by many businesses. Software like LogiNext not only can handle logistics at every stage of the supply chain journey, from manufacturing to last mile, it’s also versatile enough to be used across a range of different industries- CEP (Courier, Express and Parcel), Quick Service Restaurant Chains, eCommerce & Retail and Transportation being the major ones.
In a B2B fulfilment context, the software works like this: A large retailer needs to pick up products from several warehouses and bring them to a particular hub and then take products to their state distribution centres. This must all be completed in one day. Instead of spending time laboring over critical paths, finding the perfect route, calling and requesting updates from the delivery personnel and each stop in the supply chain, or finding route workarounds in the event delays occur, the business owner simply needs to utilize the LogiNext platform. Through this automated system, the most efficient routes are immediately identified, then optimized on an ongoing basis and communicated to the drivers. Additionally, the system also sends automatic updates to the owner without the need for continued phone check-ins. Ultimately, this saves the business owner money, time and stress, while also enhancing productivity for their drivers.
And on the other side, imagine a last mile use case where a large QSR chain like McDonald’s needs has a free hundred orders at a particular store .Using LogiNext Mile, they can take in orders from their own app, third party aggregators as well as phone systems and bring it to one place to then optimize and automate to make efficient delivery plans for their driver partners.
Although logistics has the reputation of being an expensive and cumbersome pain point for businesses of all types and sizes, thanks to new technologies this no longer has to be the case. By utilizing platforms like LogiNext and their associated suite of tools, businesses can take advantage of the same effective and optimized logistics systems as corporate giants, without the high costs.
