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Leveraging International Multi-Modal Transportation

to Optimize Supply Chains

13th October 2023: With Mr.
Vanish Ahluwalia, expert on Global
Supply-Chain, International Shipping
& Integrated Logistics Solutions, as the
guest faculty, this session was on
global competitiveness of cargo
through multimodal logistics
solutions; correct use of right
incoterms; ocean freight
management; analyzing the cost
factors in multi-modal transportation;
and understanding supply chain
efficiency. Mr. Vanish Ahluwalia, expert on Global Supply-Chain, International Shipping & Integrated
Logistics Solutions, making a detailed presentation on the topic
With general awareness of EXIM
trade as an introduction, the speaker spoke of logistics facilities warehouse, etc. While describing the process and its time
and high traffic giving example of Nhava Sheva that handles sensitivity, Mr. Ahluwalia urged EPCH to raise a voice against
maximum export traffic with more than 34% shipments valued people who paralyze exporters' money by keeping cheques and
more than INR 365000 Crore. He touched upon how logistics formulating new policies to protect them.
costs influence overall export costs as hikes in fees
A question was asked from among the audience that, where
contribute to accumulative costs. Trends in import countries also
should they go when they want to file a complaint against a
determine cost changes. As of now, India jumps 6 places to rank
transporter? The speaker suggested that they could go for better
38 out of 139 countries on the 7th edition of logistics
transporters and one should take charge of one's own shipment
performance index. Competition with China has to be addressed
to save major money. For this, companies like Blackbuck were
aggressively for India to get ahead. Thereafter, the speaker
suggested. They organise, digitize and simplify trucking for every
detailed on stakeholders like custom house agent/broker,
shipper and trucker. The speaker also suggested that the
freight forwarder/NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common
concerned ICD could be asked for the list of consolidators who
Carriers), shipping lines, transporter, surveyor, consolidator, ICD/
could help in such cases. In course of the session, it was suggested
CFC/MMLP Operator, container train operators, custom authorities
that the weight of the freight should be calibrated well before
and consignee as well as how their inclusion adds to the costs.
giving it out for shipping because it is checked on various
He informed of cost reduction by one tenth if sea freight is chosen
checkpoints and if some discrepancy is noticed it would be
over air. This mode has become 90% lesser than it was in covered
deported on exporter's own cost.
and since then India has made tremendous success.
The speaker spoke about ULIP (Unified Logistics
The audience was also updated in detail with functions of
Interface Platform) that would have direct and indirect benefits
the stakeholders and their importance in the logistics
to the shippers/consignees like, Real Time Inventory
process through documentations, negotiations, taking
Management; Support for informed decision making and "Just-
responsibility of consignments' movement from warehouse-to-
in-time" inventory management; Real Time Monitoring; Real-time

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