This document discusses multi-modal containerized transport through Western India from a supply chain perspective. It summarizes the key aspects of the supply chain including the need for containerization and multimodal transport to meet customer requirements around delivery, cost, and ease of transactions. It describes the hub and spoke model used involving consolidation of goods at terminals, bulk movement by train, and disaggregation at destinations. The major players like Concor and Indian Railways are discussed along with their roles in managing the physical, information, financial, and transaction flows within the supply chain. Challenges involved with coordination, demand variability, and terminal management are also noted.

1. Multi Modal Containerized transport
through Western India – A Supply Chain
Perspective
Presented By: Kumar Abhishek
Rahul Rathi
Tusar Pal

2. IR network: Tughlakabad, Mathura, Kota, Ratlam,
Vadodara , Vasai Road, JNPT

3. Need for Containerization and multimodal
transport
 For higher value goods, goods are generally containerized.
 The movement of goods in such cases usually involves more
than one major mode of transport.
 Using different modes of transport may be effective for a
shipper as it may offer the right mix of cost effectiveness,
speed and location flexibility.
 It could also be globally effective as it involves lower
environmental, energy and overall social costs.
 For this reason, government policy is also aimed as
facilitating this kind of movement.
 From the shipper’s point of view, containerization is
sometimes a forced option while servicing export markets.

4. The major requirements of customers
 Delivery requirement of shipments – both speed of
transit and the reliability of delivery schedules
 Handling and quality concerns
 End to end cost
 Ease of transactions (the ease of order placement,
documentation, monitoring and control of the
shipper over the supply chain)

5. Concor and Indian Railways Relationship
 Concor has been the agency that has bridged the sea
movement with inland movement, wherever rail is
involved.
 Concor acts as a consolidator and uses Indian railways (IR)
for the major part of the physical movement.
 Concor is a supply chain driver, since
 It has defined the service
 takes the responsibility of consolidation of goods,
 contracts with IR
 Provides performance guarantees to final customers

6. Service definition by Concor and IR
 The definition of a separate category of service for the long
distance transit by rail – christened “Contrack” by Concor
 The Contrack trains are counted separately in freight
planning and statistics of commercial and operational
planning in IR, which allows the provisioning of some paths
for these trains specifically.
 Contrack services are marked by
 fixed day departures
 fast and assured transit times
 offer a completely reliable solution for customers'
logistics requirements

7. Physical Flow in the Supply Chain
Three major flows to be managed: Consolidation
(Aggregation) , Bulk movement and Disaggregation
Two levels of consolidation –
a) Formation of container loads by Concor or by freight forwarders or
consolidators
b) Formation of container trains loads by Concor
There are multiple ways in which aggregation could
happen.
a) Road movement from manufacturing location directly by containers to the
Concor terminal at Tughlakabad
b) Road movement by trucks to Concor depot at Tughlakabad and container
stuffing there
c) Road movement to nearby depots and then rail movement to Tughlakabad

8. 2000 TEU’s
1-2 TEU 70-100 TEU’s
100-200 TRUCKS 20-30 TRAINS 1 SHIP

9. Hub- Spoke Model

10. Integrated Freight Terminal
CONCOR is considering the
option of moving into
operating large railway goods-
shed hubs. CONCOR in the
long term plans to set up
Distriparks/ Freight Centres/
Trade Development Centres
etc. at some of its terminals.
The focus of providing such services will be on the
backward and forward integration of various value
added services with the core business of transport
logistics, in which the company already has an
established foothold.

11. Information Flow in the Supply Chain
 The major integrator of information flow in this supply
chain in Concor, since it acts as the interface with shippers
and transporters(IR, truckers and freight forwarders)
 Concor would provide information regarding
 Stuffing of containers, if done at their ICDs
 Their location
 Their loading onto trains
 The progress enroute
 The unloading of containers at JNPT

12. Information System
CONCOR is using various online
applications like Export/Import
Terminal Management System
(ETMS), Domestic Terminal
Management System (DTMS),
Oracle Financials-ERP, HR-
Payroll system etc.
Facility for electronic filing of commercial documents have
been provided to customers. Digital Signatures have been
integrated with e-filing to make the system more secure.

13. Finance flow in the supply chain
 The individual contract of movement is between customers
and Concor.
 Concor in turn contracts with IR on a long term basis and is
able to offer individual rakes with guaranteed times of
transit.
CONCOR-IR CONCOR-Customers
Loaded weight on to containers,
Contract is as per different rates for 20TEU
1
number of containers containers loaded up to 9Tons
& greater than 9Tons
Rates are based on Rates may depend on different
2
distance only commodity & routes

14. Transaction flow in the supply chain
 In the case of end to end road movement, the trucker takes
the responsibility of managing the entire flow.
 In the case of movement through Concor, the responsibilty
is passed on either to Concor or to a freight forwarder.
 In either case, Concor then forms train loads of containers
and passes on the combined responsibility of shipment to
IR.

15. Challenges Involved
 Proper evacuation facilities from ports
 Interchange points between road and rail, and
multimodal terminals
 Coordination of several different agencies
 Presence of random demands
 Terminal Management
 Aggregation strategies
 Scheduling of services over a network

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