PAUL Tite eo a ee ee Se cn entau D O = ELECTION RESULTS Business India = INFOSYS’S BIG CHANGE Oe F.08 Mia eae Peele RLS THE MAGAZINE OF THE CORPORATE WORLD VPN OLE] Es una}India’s logistics industry is moving away from doling out mere transportation and storage services to an.expanded. array-of value-added offerings IN ASSOCIATION WITH BLUE DARTcar takes couple of hours to traverse the 80 km distance between the land Jing point at Ashugan) port in Bangl- ‘sh and the India-Bengladesh bor er check post at Agartala in Trptra Crossing this landlocked and hilly terrain = nor ‘mally doted with narrow roads and meandering hats ~ you suddenly pas through several ney Built bypasses and recentvreconsracted wie roads ostensibly mean wo fcitate the movement omlteretund ofthe freight amount on fof ge cargoer On a sunny mid-April 2011 day, to deliver te goods on time this path was lined with thousands of widecyed Additionally, acconding to Bhattacharly. bystanders watching mammoth piece of equ transportation, warehousing and logistics se ment being hauled on. modula, hydraullcaxle too trended postvely, aided by the recovery trailers with up to 144 tyres and pled by trucks with a combined capacity of 1,040 HP. "1 was ‘he 280 tonne gas turbine meant foe the 725 NW fistased power project being bult by ONGC at Faatana in pula says asm Agnvl, manage Ing divecter of Kolatahesdquartered ABC India [imted act, handling the movement. “The logistics were impressive fr tis gest v- ‘er singe plece of machinery tobe moved into the hilly state. Apart from building bypasses, ties and wider roads = which would eventually haul ilion mark by {led by the consent impact on logistics because of is Innovative services & logistics parks Schenyaaty tems wehing 16900 tne in groth ft cay ae hy ees inptrdgndeandpadaccansumpuon nthe Men trapin spending soe oe the nex few months “abchad tw inplnent£adcneae,wincsng,prmsceeas Snot wane ty Byer a of hom ) Sncttmocas muicouin gusto?” Sol preven“ mss vines ne sp yen thr fl ene en WPA inte Nort tn cores oginated inthe US and nga gion sonut 3 percent overt fess {iyi inda is transtorming ftom a Conventional Ing tines and remained veut, constany Mie V.G cntsturge rs ater ous bern tee Seth ts hon coins satan mayermenggitcappiigainond tase eure and Be eiengng need of ew ‘Shan terpor “Tis arangement wade si cording to Fatale Pal, ma ge ok Thescr fs wife subaan- ou cts Tee ANH Khana Be patiar Fegan interns Agra stain, the 280 ny of nasa ad wes mo mpl prchrske ml mecal Suppychain manage. perce Me pe canes bene South A Trev te page by rnd to Paltaan/"THe “thd a loan esc and sehen wake aed eves fox ton bu ean, ca State unt of nla cago i anaes” Sor sna pete ate ease earn a edness cocoate giles Industry has come of age, moving away poss the Indian from doling out mere transportation and storage pevin! nf iniiensteapnsson. ping > services toan expanded ary ef value-added oer. per cot annually betwee 2008 an 2013 lea Ing. Consier, fr instance, the World Banks 2010 boc the wth teen. per His ation bulking intasttuctre touch points. Mared By report: Cenncting to Compete: Trade Logistics in _o2 pesca sins 99 per ces Brazil 8 pr 100 employes anda lage mute of outsourced {he Global Beonomy. Wt plced India fourth after co and Sot Alves 42 fs cn hers, the company commands 36,800 locations Chins, Thailand and the Philippines butabead of Ones age ven mote viii, follow Indonesia and Syia~among he tp 10lowermid- schovis! inti indarny alt te years 0 Aledncome logis performers in 2010, The global ‘urn and shaky fortunes "Te legisies ndtry ‘Mady spanning 158 countries also featured India closely coreatd to hey economic indicate ogistics networl ‘among “the 10 most signlfcant overperfrmes, sha: !ik trade and menacing svt ‘eluding high-income counties 2010, fxplans Sankaia Bhattacharya, astctte dec “A Industry on a high bac in 2010, partculacy towards the second half he India logistics Industry ison high current ofthe yea an hence te logistics ncsty picked Syn, Seal aha in sprain ony, gr ee teers Ea) BLvE part