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Series A funding round led by Inflexor
Ventures and Athera Venture Partners
in April 2024.
To optimise last-mile delivery
efficiently, logistics businesses
operating in diverse urban and rural
geographies also need to manage
inventory well.

Optimised inventory for
efficiency with minimal delays, even smooth last mile
during peak seasons," he said. Kladana is a cloud-based ERP software
solutions provider, designed for small
Last mile is the terrain to collaborate to mid-sized manufacturing and
Along with innovating in the last wholesale companies. Founded in 2007
mile, it has become important for with headquarters in Moscow, Russia,
companies operating in the sector to Kladana serves over 3 million registered
collaborate and make use of cutting- users across Russia, Central Asia,
edge technologies. For instance, in Eastern Europe, and India.
March 2024, logistics intelligence Aleksandra Brovchuk, Director of
platform ClickPost and on-demand Kladana in India informed that their
logistics company Porter announced ERP system addresses the needs of
a partnership, combining ClickPost’s MSMEs in India's last-mile logistics by
shipment tracking and resolution focusing on cost minimisation, system
workflow with Porter’s tech-enabled agility, and real-time decision-making.
logistics solutions. Wherever roads are “The ERP system minimises
Naman Vijay, CEO & Co-founder, absent or difficult human errors in order processing,
ClickPost, reported that this to construct, drones dispatching, and follow-ups, reducing
collaboration has improved efficiency become useful means costs and improving resource
for clients like Atlys and Boodmo, of transportation of utilisation,” she said.
boosting customer satisfaction. “Kladana’s ERP is scalable,
“Our partnership with Porter has goods because it is allowing small businesses to start
enhanced our merchant’s ability to operationally cheap to with basic inventory and order
service more pincodes in a faster operate compared to a management and expand to sales
manner,” said Vijay. helicopter or any other analytics, production management,
“By integrating our logistics mode of aerial mobility. customer data analysis, and custom
intelligence and tracking workflows workflows as they grow,” she added.
with Porter's extensive fleet across Satyabrata Satapathy Kladana's Inventory ERP uses
20+ cities, we’ve been able to optimise BonV Aero data analytics to generate actionable
last-mile logistics for faster, more insights across the supply chain.
reliable deliveries,” he added. “By providing real-time visibility
ClickPost is a multi-carrier during the evolution including into shipment status, order status,
integration and post-purchase data inconsistencies and tools not and stock levels, MSMEs can make
experience platform that helps online optimised for the Indian market. informed decisions. The system
retailers use data to improve their He said, “Many clients use records historical sales and identifies
shipping experience. diverse SaaS tools, leading to trends, helping businesses anticipate
While AI-driven carrier allocation inconsistent data. To address this, demand spikes and adjust stock levels
ensures the best carrier is selected ClickPost integrates multiple APIs accordingly,” she said.
based on delivery performance, cost, and to standardise and consolidate data, India’s last-mile logistics is
regional serviceability, delay prediction ensuring smooth operations and a challenging yet fertile ground
uses machine learning to predict delays accurate tracking.” for innovation. As technology and
and provide actionable insights. ClickPost is on a growth trajectory, collaboration take centre stage, the
While collaborations have with plans to expand further into sector is not just evolving but leading
been fruitful, Vijay also noted that Southeast Asia and the USA, and the way toward an efficient, inclusive,
ClikPost faced several challenges beyond, driven by the $6 million and sustainable supply chain future. 
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