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‘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.
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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.
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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
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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’.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.