Locus logistics automation platform enters into Healthcare services
by Shrutee K/DNS Bengaluru, January 4, 2016: Intelligent logistics automation platform, Locus is now making logistics more efficient for healthcare services startups like 1mg. Locus manages logistics for online pharmacy 1mg and has managed to affect fuel cost savings of up to 25% for them. Locus helps 1mg optimize their deliveries by enabling efficient automation & optimization using their route planning engine for orders, live tracking and visualization on the dashboard using Locus app. The average distance travelled per rider for every task completed was reduced by 50% by following the routes planned by Locus’ optimization engine. 1mg has been working with Locus for over 3 months now. Their transaction services in pharmacy exists in 14 cities and diagnostics in more than 20 cities. Prashant Tandon, CEO & Founder, 1mg, says, “We started using Locus services a few months ago and found it useful to manage our field operations. It helped us in c...