Let’s imagine two time periods – The one of our ancestors who spent their entire life by restricting themselves only within a certain geographical area with meagre local resources and the other is today’s world, where we have the option to explore a variety of products from other states within the country or from abroad. Who will you owe this remarkable contribution to?
Think! Think! Think!
It’s none other than the Supply Chain Management and Logistics firms. But this term might make many of you scratch your heads. In simpler words, the term Supply chain encompasses a network of various people like the manufacturers of the particular product, transportation personnel, warehouse personnel, delivery personnel, etc who work together to ensure that the required product gets delivered to the customers efficiently.
Suppose you have ordered brand new fashion apparel online and its estimated delivery time is 3 days. Once the order has been placed, the manufacturer will dispatch the product, maybe bound for the warehouse via cargo transport. Once it reaches the warehouse, personnel there would be responsible for ensuring its quality and security. The next stage would involve the final dispatch of the product from the warehouse to the end customer. This entire process is referred to as the supply chain. The fact that differentiates the supply chain from the logistics is that the former oversees the entire process while the latter is an umbrella term that is responsible for efficient transportation and storage of products within each sector, say from warehouse to dockyard.
The immense contribution of the supply chain system is something worth appreciating.
- Ensures the efficient and quick delivery of products ( ordered via E-commerce platforms ) to the end customers
- Ensures the supply of perishable food items within a stipulated period of time to different regions
- Delivers both raw materials (like chemicals, harvested food grains, etc.) and end products ( like pharmaceuticals, processed food items, etc.) to the respective companies quickly and efficiently.
- Played a vital role in the delivery of life-saving PPEs, Covid-19 vaccines, etc. worldwide during this ongoing pandemic. AWL India has been consistent in transporting life-saving pharma products and vaccines with specially designed superior transport systems and helping in accelerating the rate of vaccination in INDIA.
- Responsible for storing the raw materials and final products in the warehouses before the estimated delivery day/time.
The entire field of supply chain management and Logistics has revolutionized society in turn paving the way for an overall sustainable ecosystem.
Let’s discuss a few of the milestones that efficient supply chain management firms have achieved in the past couple of years.
- With advancements and the emergence of new technologies like AI, ML, IoT, etc. majority of the processes in the supply chain have become automated thus significantly reducing the possible human errors and safeguarding the quality and security of the products.
- With an effective cold chain supply management system, temperature-sensitive products like food, pharmaceuticals, beverages, etc. can be transported effectively without the fear of potential degradation.
- With GPS tracking, IoT, etc. the extent of theft or counterfeit products has been reduced to a great extent during transportation of goods from one location to other
- Due to a significant reduction in unnecessary wastage of products during storage and transportation, the overall economy of any country is bound to improve
At AWL India , with the presence of smart warehouses, and in-built product sensors in place during transportation, we can efficiently work to deliver the best quality products to our customers.
Every company registered with a particular supply chain and Logistics firm would grow at tremendous rates if the customer satisfaction is met at last because of efficient product delivery.
Say, for example, an e-commerce startup collaborates with a supply chain firm to deliver its products to the end customers and the product actually gets delivered to the concerned customer prior to the estimated delivery date. This motivates the customer to give positive feedback for the product as well as the supply chain firm which in turn would boost both the startup and the supply chain firm’s reputation. We may call it ‘The hard work eventually paid off ‘. And recent technological advancements in the field of computer science have only further added a cherry on the top of the cake with digitization playing a prominent role throughout the process of supply chain management. Digitization in this sector has enabled a more transparent system thus causing a significant reduction in malpractices. Consider the current GPS technology being employed by various online food delivery companies to help you track the real-time positioning of your product. One can simply track the route of the food delivery personnel and significant deviation from the normal route will eventually alert the end customer.
Digitization has also paved the way towards an eco-friendly supply chain system by causing a significant reduction in paperwork and more dependency on computerized databases. Consider the FasTag system at toll gates that automatically deducts the toll prices for freight and commercial vehicles at national highways causing a significant reduction in hard-copy receipts. In the years to come, a digitized supply chain system will revolutionize the entire concept from a perspective of expectation to reality for companies to remain viable and competitive in the near future.
AWL India has successfully optimized the global supply chain system with the introduction of digitization and we believe that in the years to come, we would be able to meet each and every customised expectations of our customers.
