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Today's brew looks at a problem that quietly bleeds money from every business that ships physical goods at scale:
You need deliveries to go out on time, every time. But your dispatch team is still juggling spreadsheets, manually assigning drivers, and calling transporters to confirm pickups. Routes get planned by gut feeling. Vehicles go out half-loaded. Customers call support asking where their order is. Your team spends the day firefighting instead of optimizing. And every reattempted delivery, the ones that fail because of a bad time window or a wrong address, costs you twice.
You add more carriers to handle peak demand, but now you have three different portals, inconsistent SLAs, and no single view of what is actually moving. You bring on a new city or country, and the whole process starts from scratch. The bottleneck is not your fleet. It is the chaos sitting between the order and the doorstep.
You need reliable, on-time deliveries at lower cost without building a custom logistics system from scratch.
That is where Locus fits in.
Locus automates end-to-end logistics, from dispatch planning and hub operations to carrier selection and last-mile delivery, in a single AI-powered platform. No manual route planning. No carrier juggling across disconnected tools. Just intelligent automation that accounts for 180+ variables including time windows, traffic, fuel, and fleet capacity to get orders where they need to go. Built for enterprises managing high delivery volumes, Locus turns logistics from a cost center into a measurable growth driver.
Who it is for:
E-commerce and retail operations teams managing high-volume last-mile deliveries across multiple cities or countries
FMCG and CPG companies running daily distribution to retail outlets with strict delivery windows
3PL and courier companies that manage mixed fleets of captive, contracted, and third-party drivers
Supply chain and logistics heads looking to reduce costs and reattempt rates without adding headcount
Founders scaling physical delivery operations into new geographies who need a system that adapts fast
Common use cases:
Automate daily route planning across hundreds of delivery agents to eliminate manual scheduling and reduce planning time
Select the right carrier automatically based on price, availability, and service levels during peak demand periods
Track every shipment in real time through a control tower and reduce inbound "where is my order" support calls
Optimize warehouse sorting and picklisting to cut shipment handling time before vehicles even leave the hub
Integrate Locus via API with your existing TMS, WMS, OMS, or ERP to go live in a new market without rebuilding your tech stack
What it does:
It optimizes delivery routes using AI across 180+ real-world variables including distance, time, fleet type, and fuel efficiency
It automates carrier selection and management across in-house, contracted, and outsourced fleets so you scale without adding fixed assets
It runs hub operations, sorting, scanning, and picklisting, with automation that reduces manual handling inside warehouses and fulfillment centers
It gives end customers real-time visibility into their deliveries, reducing WISMO contacts by up to 38%
It surfaces analytics and business insights that uncover hidden inefficiencies and revenue leakage across your logistics network
Why it stands out:
It delivers proven financial results, with customers collectively saving over $320M in logistics costs and recovering $288M in revenue leakage
It scales across 30+ countries with an API-first architecture that plugs into your existing systems rather than replacing them
It reduces environmental impact alongside operating costs, having cut 17M+ kg of GHG emissions and saved 68M in-transit miles across its network
It is backed by Ingka Group, the world's largest IKEA retailer, giving it the operational credibility and runway to serve enterprise logistics at a global scale
Quick take: If you are running delivery operations across multiple cities or carriers and your logistics costs keep climbing without a clear line of sight into why, Locus could give you the control and automation to fix that at the root.
More tomorrow in SaaS Brew ☕