Author Archives: amar

About amar

Amar is co founder of shipX (www.shipx.in), a web based Transportation Management Solution provider.

Constraint Optimization and Solvers

Posted on July 7, 2011 by amar

Business problems often involve, optimizing profit, cost or efficiency while not violating inherent constraints. Techniques to solve these kind of problems are extensively researched in the field of artificial intelligence and several algorithms are publicly available to solve these type … Continue reading →

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Why a Freight Exchange is necessary to transform Indian Logistics Industry

Posted on September 3, 2010 by amar

Domestic freight industry in India is huge but inefficient. It is extremely unorganized and also fragmented.  There are around 2.75 lakh registered transporters in India and most of them are small and regional players. Moreover, numerous brokers and fleet owners … Continue reading →

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Technology for Indian Transportation Industry

Posted on August 30, 2010 by amar

In past two years, I have met a lot of Indian transporters. The very first thing which I noticed was all of them seem to be extremely busy. Everybody spends most of his time on phone chasing some loads, providing … Continue reading →

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