VALUE ADDS THRU

SERVICE PROVIDERS

A Division of TCI Ltd

EMERGING
TRENDS IN
WAREHOUSING B Sumit Kumar
DGM-Projects
.

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1. TCI Group : Brief Overview

2. Emerging Warehousing Trends

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 HERITAGE

• 48 years of experience
• Started as One Man, One Office and One
Truck.
• India’s leading Integrated Supply
Chain Solutions provider.
• Amongst the most respected service
organization in the country.

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GROUP INFRASTRUCTURE

• Group Revenues of Rs 10000 Mn (US$ 225

Million) in Financial Year 2005-06
• Network of over 1100 company owned
branches
• One booking station within every 100 sq. kms.
• Five million sq. ft. of warehousing space ,
including 1.2 million in the metro’s
• High mobile asset base of owned vehicles and
dedicated vendors.
• At any point 6000 trucks are carrying TCI
shipments.
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STAKE HOLDERS

• 150,000 customers across all major

verticals

• 20,000 Shareholders

• 3,000 vendor associates

• 5,000 professionally trained personnel

• 15,000 outsourced hands.

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STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS

Providing FTL/FCL, LTL, Sundry &

Over-dimensional cargo services
through surface and sea.

India’s fastest growing express

company for door to door, time
sensitive needs.

A Single-window solutions enabler

providing customized services.

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STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS

A TCI-Mitsui JV, it is the Lead logistics

partner for Toyota for their entire in-
bound and out-bound logistics in India.

Specialized in coastal shipping around

India & neighboring countries

Involved in education, health care and a

beneficiary of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation running AIDS Intervention
Programs.

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GROUP PRODUCTS

Supply Chain Management

Logistics Warehousing
Road / Rail / Sea / Air

Over Dim.Cargo
Xpress Cargo

Cross Docks
Full Loads

Bonded
Courier

DC's
Clearing and Forwarding

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 KEY VERTICALS
• TCI- SCS is focused on Six Industry verticals with a separate dedicated
team for each of them:
AUTO RETAIL & CP E&E CHEMICALS PHARMA TELECOM

• OEM Solutions • Supplier • Inbound Logistics

• Supplier Management • Supplier
• Line feeding Management • Supplier
• Primary Movement Management • Tower Installation
Management
• Spares Distribution • Multi-Modal
• CFA management • Multi-Modal • Handset
Movement • Multi-Modal
• CBU Distribution Movement Distribution
• Spares management Movement
• Mother Depot
• Reverse Logistics • Express Movement • Warehousing
• Warehousing • Warehousing
• Distribution
• Customized Fleet • Cold Chain • Multi-Modal
Centers • Reverse Logistics • Reverse
Movement
• Warehousing Logistics • CFA management
• Last mile
• Express Movement
distribution • Reverse Logistics
• Reverse Logistics

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1. TCI Group : Brief Overview

2. Emerging Warehousing Trends

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 Trend : Palletization

• Most storage in India is done by

manual labor with head loads
• Slowly ,head loads are giving way
to palletization

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Faster turnaround in WH and Absence of consciousness of the
vehicle inherent costs of time
Higher handling cost / unit / ton , Perceived lower cost of labor
Labor Unrest.
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 Trend : Racking Systems

• The major warehouses

today are on block storage
• The trend is now towards
vertical warehouses .

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Cost of Land Low cost of land
Palletization and MHE’s Block storage
Staggered response parameters

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 Trend : Mechanization

• With head loads being the norm

, MHE usage is low.
• The start is from trolleys and
then progressing to hand-pallet
trucks and fork lifts and stackers

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Globalization , EXIM trade
Cost of labor Perceived low cost of labor
Response time Chalta hai
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 Trend : Consolidation

• The warehouses for distribution are being

consolidated from multiple (28!) to few ( 6?).

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
VAT implementation Uncertainty
Cost of operations Awareness of Supply Chain

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 Trend : Bar Coding !
• Conventionally material is counted
physically based on visible
markings.
• Bar coding is picking up strongly in
the unit packaging as a pressure
from customers (especially
retailers)

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Accuracy of operation Low value
High transactions Lack of IT infrastructure
Customer pressure
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 Trend : WMS

• The traditional ‘storage’ software is given

way to advanced Warehouse Management
Systems

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Large warehouses Low response
Complexity Cost of WMS is “Non-Indian”

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 Trend : Online

• From a stand-alone status we

are fast progressing towards
web-enabled applications

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Multiple Data Entry Connectivity issues
Better connectivity Understanding

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 Trend : Outsourcing

• The “do-it-ourselves” approach is giving

way to an understanding of benefits of
outsourcing to professionals and keeping
the organization lean.

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Supply chain savvy Hidden costs
Cost consciousness

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 Trend : Co-Warehousing

• Another trend is the

acceptability of co-warehousing
and enjoying cost benefits.

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Cost pressures Data Security
Uncertainty of demand

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 Trend : RFID

• The most “glam” technology today in

Supply chain

CATALYSTS RETARDERS
Synchronized supply chain Still in nascent stages of
requirements evolution – accuracy concerns
VISIBILITY

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 Thank You
For enquiries
Sumit.kumar@tcil.com
09373311456

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