The India Warehousing Show took place from July 1-3, 2015 in New Delhi. Speakers at the conference discussed the need for patience and innovation as the government works to simplify manufacturing procedures. They also stressed the importance of creating efficient and environmentally sustainable warehouses. The show provided a platform for logistics players to address issues and concerns regarding processes, the role of airports in supply chains, and achieving efficiency in cold storage.

1. WAREHOUSING AUGUST 2015 CARGOTALK 3
The India Warehousing Show
(IWS) was held at Pragati Maidan,
took place from July 1-3, 2015.
Speaking at the conference,
SL Sharma, President, Air Cargo
Agents Association of India (ACAAI),
states, “We have to be patient while
analysing the changes happening at
airports, in the ground handling
segments and warehousing. The
Government is working towards the
issue;simultaneously we also have to
come up with an innovative idea to
become competitive at a global level.
As far as manufacturing goes, it needs
to be understood that the Government
is in the process of simplifying proce-
dures and once that is done, the cost
and time will reduce, thereby helping
the warehousing industry.”
Hemanth DP, COO -
Aerospace Business, Asia Pacific
Flying School, Cargo, Hub develop-
ment & FTZ, GMR Hyderabad
International Airport Limited
(GHIAL), speaks about how
airports can add efficiency to the
warehousing business.
“The first priority should be to
create a warehouse with safe and
sustainable processes. Local and
environmental laws must be followed.
There is a need to keep warehouses
lean and green.These will help us to
satisfy people and partners.
Focus must be to lessen
waste, variability and ineffi-
ciency,” shares Deepak
Sharma, Vice President
Supply Chain Management,
Indus Towers.
Commenting on the
much awaited GST, Shreyas
Malkan, CEO & Founder,
Passion for Logistics says, “It
is a year of freedom for sup-
ply chain and warehousing; along
with this freedom, there are a few
responsibilities to follow. It is
necessary to tell the LSPs to provide
green warehousing;upon analysing,
it is 70 per cent energy saving and 30
per cent savings in packaging. For
the success of ‘Make in India', we
have to tune up our warehousing to
world standards.”
Rajdeep Datta, Assistant Vice
President Head, Snapdeal Plus says,
“For infrastructure, our automation,
racks and warehouses are not at par
with international standards.The sec-
ond gap in our infrastructure is in the
cold chain, that comes up in the form
of hyper local solutions in warehous-
es and from there to the final con-
sumer. Selling FMCG and various
other perishable products via
Snapdeal is definitely on the cards.”
Speaking on the industry’s
requirements, Ankur Bedi, Director
Business Development & Projects,
Cold Steel Corporation says,
“We need warehousing experts
on PEB who can formulate the entire
blueprint from the infrastructure to
execution, up to the operational
level and create the facilities
in a way that the industry can
easily use them.”
He adds, “Growth in the ware-
housing sector is slow, but inevitable.
Infrastructure of a warehouse must
be built with thorough integration of
the end user, without which it ends
up being unsuitable.”
Spotlight on India Warehousing Show
For logistics players, IWS is a platform that addresses their collective problems and raises pertinent issues
concerning their trade. Attended by more than 200 exhibitors, the show had eminent speakers deliberating on
processes, role of airports in improving supply chain and the need for equipment efficiency in cold chain.
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