Locus Dispatch Management & TMS

Locus is a logistics technology company founded in July 2015 by Nishith Rastogi and Geet Garg and headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Since October 2025 it has been a subsidiary of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, while keeping its own brand and client base. It serves 360+ enterprises in 30+ countries that need to plan and execute deliveries at scale.

The platform covers a transportation management system and last-mile dispatch management with order management, delivery promise management, hub operations, capacity management, route planning, transporter management, a driver companion app, control tower, tracking pages and location analytics. Eight autonomous Locus Agents automate planning and exception handling. It runs alongside ERP, WMS and OMS systems such as SAP and Oracle via APIs and ingests GPS, traffic and carrier feeds. Customers include Unilever, Nestle, CP Axtra (Makro) in Thailand and Blue Dart.

• Route planning: constraint-based route optimization for large delivery fleets.
• Dispatch and hub operations: order management, hub workflows and capacity management.
• Delivery promise management: realistic delivery slots and ShipFlex delivery options.
• Transporter management: allocation and oversight of third-party carriers within the TMS.
• Control tower and tracking: real-time visibility, tracking pages and a driver companion app.
• Locus Agents: eight autonomous AI agents that automate planning and exception handling.

• A Vietnamese supermarket or wholesale chain can plan store and home deliveries nationwide, as CP Axtra did in Thailand.
• An FMCG distributor can optimize daily multi-drop routes to retail outlets.
• A furniture retailer can schedule bulky-item deliveries with delivery slots and third-party carriers.

• The vendor reports 1.5B+ deliveries optimized and US$320M+ in logistics costs saved for customers.
• Proven regional rollout: CP Axtra (Makro) deployed nationwide in Thailand in six months.
• Enterprise security with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701, and 99.97% stated uptime.
• Reported 17M+ kg of GHG emissions reduced through optimized routing.

Retailers and FMCG companies in Southeast Asia face rising delivery volumes, tighter delivery windows and dense urban traffic, making manual dispatch costly. Enterprises are adopting AI route planning, delivery promise tools and autonomous agents layered over existing ERP and WMS systems. Vietnamese modern trade and distribution networks face similar last-mile complexity.

Founded in July 2015 in Bengaluru, India (registered as MARA Studios Pvt. Ltd.; footer shows Mara Labs Inc.). Acquired 100% by Ingka Investments, part of Ingka Group (IKEA retail), in October 2025 and operates independently under its own brand. Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019, GDPR, HIPAA. Recognized in Gartner market guides and QKS SPARK Matrix 2025 for TMS.