In today’s day and age where time is the currency being dealt in, and patience is hard to find, it’s becoming an era of instant gratification, where you want something and you want it now! This behavior pattern has worked in the favor of the On-Demand platforms and leads to a lot of startups. People […]
Read More30th November 2016
The Logistics trends to watch out for in 2017
With only a month left for 2016 to bid us farewell, the reflection begins on what the year was like and how quickly it passed us by. Logistics has been a booming industry with its advent in 2000 to 2008 resulting in an increase of 5.4% on an average each year, and there is no […]
Read More21st November 2016
Trucking Dispatch Companies to watch out for
In a report released in 2015, the American Trucking Associations projects that freight volume will increase by almost 30% by 2026. Trucking Dispatch industry has come a long way, Trucking dispatch companies on the face of it don’t look like a big deal, but what they manage to do is an immense job. Trucking dispatch […]
Read More18th November 2016
The role of technology in Transport Management
Transport Management Solutioning has been sought after by all and sundry since the time transporting became an industry. For those who aren’t familiar with what is Transportation Management, let’s get that out of the way. Transportation Management’s aim is to reduce transportation cost and increase delivery reliability through collaboration across all modes and providers. Transportation Management […]
Read More10th November 2016
Geo Fencing – What does it do, where it’s headed?
You have probably already come across terminology like Geo-Fencing, GPS, RFID, etc. They are fast becoming the new modus operandi of emerging business operations. While all the tech can be a little hard to wrap one’s head around, the applicability of it is much simpler to understand. One doesn’t need to be a pro-techie to […]
Read More9th November 2016
Ho Ho Ho!- We Wish You a Busy New Year!
The holiday season, which is traditionally thought to begin November onwards, is the season of festivities, thanksgiving and coming together. For all economic intents and purposes, the season is also the time for distributing gifts, making new purchases for the coming year and the perfect excuse for letting loose! In 2013, the average amount consumers […]
Read More7th November 2016
Route Optimization: Translating labour into results.
Imagine a day in the life of a product or service delivery vehicle. How much do you think one motorbike, truck or car travels in day? In the case of last-mile mile delivery agents, a large number of deliveries are made over a radius of about 30-40 kms. The last delivery man I spoke to […]
Read More3rd November 2016
Deliveroo – the logistic genius!
Logistics in the food delivery sector are at their peak right now and London based startup Deliveroo is riding this mammoth of a wave. With its presence in 30 UK cities and 20 others around the world, the question that keeps people wondering remains – how do they do it? Deliveroo is now backed with over […]
Read More18th October 2016
How can Tookan assist you with an on-demand laundry portal?
The On-Demand or ‘UberForX’ model has its way into the laundry industry over the last 5 years or so. This is a global phenomenon, with the on-demand model surging through into every industry possible. Its introduction into the Laundry vertical shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the fact that a 2014 survey estimated that 87% […]
Read More13th October 2016
Tookan : A Fix for your food delivery woes.
The Opportunities and Challenges of the Online Food Market The Food Delivery Market has seen dramatic ups and downs in the last three years. The financing to the industry has been fluctuating like the emotions of a teenager. Between 2012 and 2014, food delivery financing witnessed a lull in capital inflows. Since the beginning of […]
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