Agile and Expansive

IN AN INDUSTRY TALK SESSION, RAMPRAVEEN SWAMINATHAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT MAHINDRA LOGISTICS LTD. SPEAKS WITH ASHISH BHATIA ON ADDING AGILITY AND VOLUME TO A MULTI-CLIENT FULFILMENT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE.

- ASHISH BHATIA

Q. How do you continue to challenge the status quo of 3PL?

A. The challenge in 3PL has always been that customers in India have always wanted to design our supply chain. Where we are trying to disrupt it is by integrating more. We believe there are increasing trends to support actual integration across the supply chains giving shape to significant improvements in the end product outlay. We can actually move and take all services together, bundle these and get a lot more visibility into the supply chain. It makes it more agile and expansive with a high-volume handling capability for a multi-client fulfilment and distribution facility. Coupling multiple services together and having more control over the entire operation is how we are trying to challenge or disrupt the system.

Q. How do the flagship warehouse and recent additions add up to a pan-India multi-client handling capability?