India, May 25 -- Delivery cost has increased by about 19 per cent in the Asia Pacific, including India, between the March and May period on a year-over-year basis, logistics software-as-a-service firm Fareye said in a report.

The survey was conducted after the West Asia conflict erupted, which put pressure on fuel supplies and cost.

"The research finds that delivery costs across APAC have risen 18.9 per cent year-on-year on average. For India, where fuel prices, driver wages, and urban congestion are structural cost drivers, this number is not a surprise. What is a surprise is the nature of the blind spot: operators can see where cost lands (fuel, labour, vehicles, carrier bills) but not where it is actually created," the report release...