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Intralogistics

TVS ILP is a logistics and industrial
park developer with a presence across
42 locations in 17 states in India.
Kumar opines that this integration
enables better coordination, real-time
tracking, and timely responses to
meet demand which in turn impacts
efficiency. “With all key logistics
activities managed at one location,
companies can optimise processes,
enhance client satisfaction, and boost
profitability,” she added.
Meanwhile, many large
Photo: Bastian Solutions infrastructure developers are heavily
investing in developing temperature-
controlled storage facilities for online
grocery companies to ensure the
freshness of perishable items like
fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat,
prediction is based on the observation informed Kamlesh Kumar, Vice
that online platforms often deprioritise President- Supply Chain, Jumbotail.
or exclude brands from their listings Jumbotail is a B2B e-commerce
if the inventory is stored in distant platform for food and grocery,
locations, “as these platforms are offering supply chain management,
competing with each other to offer wholesale marketplace operations,
faster delivery options,” he reasoned. and logistics services.
After all, shipping orders from While there have been significant
distant central warehouses to dark changes in the last five years, Kumar
stores leads to significantly higher opines that there is still a way to
logistics costs, which erode already go for the intralogistics sector in
slim margins. India to adapt to the unique needs of
Vaidya opines that adopting a customers. “Developing compliant
regional inventory placement strategy facilities within the urban area to hold
can solve this by reducing shipping With rising urban more number of Stock Keeping Units
costs and improving delivery times. populations, there is (SKUs), solving community-related
“This approach enhances profitability a surge in demand for issues, building farm-to-fresh supply
while meeting the fast delivery chains and adopting greener practices
expectations of quick commerce convenience, including are areas where we still have a journey
platforms,” he added. faster delivery services. to cover,” he said.
While Vaidya is emphatic This trend necessitates Kumar also pointed out the use of AI
about decentralised fulfilment compact, scalable and machine learning (ML) in grocery
models, Aditi Kumar, Executive intralogistics solutions delivery and inventory management. To
Director, TVS Industrial and Logistics tailored to urban ensure freshness for perishable goods,
Parks (TVS ILP) is still thinking about he informed that smart forecasting
the benefits of centralising your distribution centres. systems are developed to help predict
logistics operations. Dhirendra Vashisht the demand and also increase the
Kumar argues that Integrated Bastian Solutions inventory turn to avoid wastage. “With
Logistics Parks (ILPs) are the use of technology, almost real-time
transforming India's intralogistics and promoting collaboration among picking is possible today and picking
sector by providing infrastructure that the stakeholders. By centralising time has significantly reduced as low
consolidates multiple supply chain operations such as warehousing, as a minute in the quick commerce
functions under one roof. “They enable packaging, distribution, sorting, returns world,” he said.
businesses to optimise processes management, and final assembly, ILPs While the use cases of technologies
by centralising logistics functions, give companies full control over their like AI and ML are interesting, the
leveraging modern technologies, operations,” she added. ecosystem also needs robust data-
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