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22 CARGOEVENTS CARGOTALK J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 5 ‘Transport & Logistics Award India Cold Chain Show BVC Logistics won the ‘Transport and Logistics Business of the Year’ award for A notable growth and technological shift has been observed the expertise and business solutions in the cold storage and cold transport sector with the industry coming together to discuss new strategies for the same. provided by its company to its clients. CT B UREAU VC Logistics has been declared as the ‘Transport and Logistics Business of the Year’ at the Franchise Small Business Awards 2014, held in Mumbai. This is a hat-trick for the company, which won ‘Best Logistics Company Award’ at GJTCI & at IIBS by IBJA earlier in 2014. With its expert network of agents offering seamless services to over 100 countries, BVC Logistics has been devoted to developing innovative and value added, cost saving solutions to its clients. B BVC Logistics has also entered into a landmark joint venture with Brinks Inc. to provide secure logistics to high value goods. Commenting on the occasion, Rajesh Neelakanta, Executive Director and CEO, BVC Logistics said, “We are thrilled to win this award. We strive to offer seamless end-to-end solutions to our clients and this award is a testimony of the fact that the expertise and services being provided by BVC Logistics are leading to some really productive solutions.” Rajesh Neelakanta, Executive Director and CEO, BVC Logistics receiving the award CT B UREAU he third edition of the India Cold Chain Show, which recently took place from December 10-12, 2014 at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai ended with about 115 exhibitors participating from 12 countries and 3816 professionals attending from more than countries. The theme of the Cold Chain summit was ‘Exploring new strategies and avenues to expand cold chain business in India’. T Lighting the lamp ceremony at the India Cold Chain Show The dignitaries of the event were Sudhanshu, Deputy General Manager from Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Anil Kumar P, Deputy Director, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), ML Arora, CEO, Fresh & Healthy Enterprise, subsidiary of CONCOR, SNA Jinnah, Chief General Manager representing National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Industry, academia join hands (NABARD) and Wouter Verhey, Agricultural Counsellor from Embassy of the Netherlands. Anuj Mathur, Managing Director, Reed Manch Exhibitions highlighted efforts and support of the trade bodies, “This year, with support from National Center for Cold Chain Development (NCCD) and related trade bodies, we have been able to focus largely on agricultural side of the cold chain development.” Mahendra Swarup, President, Federation of Cold Storage Associations of India (FCAOI) said, “With Cold Chain Awards, the Netherland, UK and Reverse Logistics pavilions appeared, which opened doors to new business opportunities for Indian counterparts.” ‘Good Distribution Practices’ Certification The seminar organised and arranged by DIESL saw people from both the supply chain industry and academia gathering to discuss AISATS achieved the distinction of being the and understand the nuances of modern day logistics. first service provider in India to achieve the GDP certification to ensure maintenance of Bullwhip effect, as to how the CT B UREAU quality of pharmaceutical products. demand of a particular product in the he event ‘Captains of Logistics’ organised by Drive India Enterprise Solutions (DIESL) on December 19, 2014 is a part of a seminar series that the company has been conducting in various cities. market changes a lot once it reaches the supplier due to various factors. T Milind Shahane, Chief Executive Officer, DIESL who commenced the session says, “Logistics is very complicated, but cannot be avoided because without it one cannot run a business. We need to have full control over our costs because if logistics costs go haywire, it has a big impact on the profit of the organisation.” Manoj K Srivastava, Area Chairperson – Operations Management, MDI talked about the uncertainties in supply chain whether it is any uncertainty plaguing the supply chain. He discussed in detail the meaning and implication of the term ‘Jidoka’ which essentially refers to coopetition; I will cooperate with you, but I will compete with you.” Milind Shahane Chief Executive Officer DIESL “Though the country has the biggest road map, it does not have sufficient infrastructure necessary to build a national network for movement of bigger vehicles, thus, leading to unnecessary complexities,” pointed Sameer Chaturvedi, Head – Distribution & Logistics, Amway. CT B UREAU he Bengaluru (BLR) Airfreight Terminal facility of Air India SATS Airport Services (AISATS) received its Good Distribution Practices (GDP) certification in December 2014, thus, making AISATS the first service provider in India to get such a certification. T Aditya Gupta, Zonal Business Head, DIESL presented a case on the role of 3PL within the four walls of the factory and that whether 3PL can play a much bigger role in the factory premises. The next person who took centre stage was Arun Sharma, General Manager – Logistics & SCM, Orient Electric who explained the The session ended with a panel discussion at the end, presided over by Gupta as the moderator, where the issues that were not covered during the session were discussed such as impact of GST on the logistics sector, to name a few. The dialogue round was followed by cocktail and dinner meant where networking could be seen in full fledge. Willy Ko CEO, AISATS Willy Ko, CEO, AISATS said, “AISATS has always been aligned towards establishing itself as a worldclass service provider. We firmly believe in setting the benchmark for distribution practices and this GDP certification is a sure-footed step in the right direction. AISATS plans to continue to enhance its facilities and will look to invest in more multi- temperature control facilities to cater to the increasing demand of temperature-controlled cargo”. The GDP certification is the latest in a line of firsts in AISATS’ BLR Airfreight Terminal.