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Event Report
Global Pharma Logistics
Summit 2022

From (left to right) Rajeshwari Nair, Zydus, Surendra Deodhar, Reliance Life Sciences, Vikas Rajput, Indoco Remedies Ltd., Pramod Pereira,
Cargo Service Center, Shrikant Sharda, Skye Air Mobility, Vickram Srivastava, Sun Pharma, and Javin Bhinde, Syncore Consulting

partners during the pandemic, the the cargo hotspots are for us, what
importance of raw materials, project volumes we can predict, and plan our
management and finished goods roster accordingly.”
planning and how technology aids in Making a strong case for the use
visibility and planning. of drone technology for last-mile
Vikas Rajput, Exim Head, Indoco delivery of pharmaceutical shipments,
Remedies said “ As a logistics player, Shrikant Sharda, Director & Co-
inventory visibility from procurement Founder, Skye Air Mobility said, “The
to manufacturing stage till the routes created by road transport or
FG(finished goods) are ready and road logistics face a lot of challenges
goods are in the warehouse is very not only from the distance point of
important to us, so we can execute the view but also from congestion. With
shipments. Throughput or how quickly drones, we can create aerial logistics
you move that cargo is very important or an aerial path which are free from
because that's how you generate With drones, we can congestion and this reduces more
revenue and repeat the orders.” create aerial logistics than 50% of your lead times compared
Speaking about the Turant app, or an aerial path which to road logistics.”
which is CSC India Group’s real- are free from congestion Citing the use case of ‘green
time temperature tracking app for corridors’ for organ donations and
pharmaceutical shipments, Pramod and this reduces more transplantation, he added, “When we
Pereira, AGM, Cargo Service Center than 50% of your lead create specific green corridors for
(CSC) said, “Information was what times compared to road organ transportation from airports
everyone was seeking even as they logistics. to hospitals, This is a high-priority
had their own. So what Turant App activity. To undertake green corridor
does is that from the moment your Shrikant Sharda management, many permissions,
cargo or truck arrives at the terminal Skye Air Mobility planning, strategy, and a lot of
till the cargo or flight departs, it coordination are required and this
gives complete visibility of the cargo. customers. Once the cargo has been movement is restricted to city areas.
Previously we would get all that cargo palletized and released from our When we think of rural areas or
together for that flight and then send terminal, the forwarders know it has remote areas where organ donors
information to the airline, but today been released and uplifted and this are, we cannot handle this because
it's on a real-time basis. The moment information is updated on our system. there is no green corridor creation for
the cargo is cleared and ready to The App has been accepted well and a distance of say 100-200 km. Drones
be uplifted, the airline sales and a lot of airlines have significantly can easily handle and create an air
planning team gets an alert/email improved their planning. We also plan corridor that is free from big planning
asking them to plan it on a flight. This our rostering, staff, and resources requirements and connect 100-200 km
is a value-added service that comes accordingly and are now using data very easily and handle it faster as a
at no extra cost that we gave to our analytics internally to analyze where technology integration.” 
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