Listen to this articleLocus helps local companies and enterprises in courier, ecommerce, food delivery, FMCG and other verticals to optimise their logistics. With recently raised $2.75 Million, Locus aims to make their foray into the hardware market, by building small plugs as their proprietary custom hardware to remove any glitches from the process of delivery. Below is our interview with Sreedevi Kaimal, Vice President of Customer Success at Locus:
Q: How would you describe Locus in your own words?’
A: Locus provides Infra as a service (IaaS) for on demand & scheduled businesses for dispatching, route optimisation, real-time driver tracking, managing on-field workforce, mobile messaging, ETAs, tracking and sms alerts for end-customers and predictive analytics.
Q: Can you give us more insights into your solutions?
A: Locus enables enterprises with technology to manage their deliveries, with features including automated smart dispatches, tracking and fleet visualisation, geocoding and route deviation engine.
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Locus offers two services to clients — to build and to customise — with the goal of bringing clarity to companies operating in logistics, which is often considered an opaque industry in India. ‘Build’ leverages a cluster of APIs to help companies embed the service into their app so deliveries can be tracked using the Locus platform. ‘Customise’ gives large clients the ability to tailor-make the service for their needs and allows them to brand the service.
Q: What are main benefits of using Locus’s solutions? Who are your main customers?
A: Locus helps local companies and enterprises in courier, ecommerce, food delivery, FMCG and other verticals to optimise their logistics. Some of our customers include Urban Ladder, Delhivery & Freshmenu.
Urban Ladder has been one of the earliest users of Locus. Kaustubh Chakraborty, Vice President, Operations, Urban Ladder, says, “Locus is a fantastic product with a clear interface for easy adoption and usage. For a customer focused, fast growing company like ours, management of on-time, efficient deliveries is super important. Locus has helped improve our productivity by 25% in 3 months. The team has been very engaged and committed towards finding solutions for problems specific to us.”
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Q: You’ve recently announced a $2.75 million series A funding round; what are your plans?
A: We will be using the newly raised funds to strengthen the technology offerings and expand the team. In the next six months, Locus aims to make their foray into the hardware market, by building small plugs as their proprietary custom hardware. This is to remove any glitches from the process of delivery.
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Q: How would you convince the reader to start using Locus?
A: With the rapid growth in logistics industry, technology and infrastructure have had a huge role in helping reduce cost and provide timely deliveries. With automated smart dispatches, tracking, fleet visualization, intelligent analytics and reports our clients have seen almost 25% increase in productivity and on time deliveries. Clients only pay a small fraction of what we help save.
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