Strategic Alliances in Logistics: What Works Between Transport Operators A five-truck operator in Ludhiana runs north India well and has nothing south of Nagpur. An operator in Hosur has the opposite problem. Neither can afford to buy vehicles for the…
How GST Transformed Freight Costs and Compliance for Indian Businesses When GST came into force on 1 July 2017, it replaced a tax system that had been fragmenting Indian logistics for decades. State-level VAT, central excise duty, service tax, entry…
MSME Logistics: How Smaller Shippers Get Better Service From Transporters A components maker in Rajkot ships four or five full loads a month. A competitor down the road ships forty. When capacity tightens at quarter end, the transporter places vehicles…
Five Ways Technology Changed Indian Logistics Most articles on technology in Indian logistics list what might happen. This one lists what already did, and the pattern is worth noticing before the list: four of the five arrived because somebody was…
FASTag for Trucks: What It Actually Changed for Freight A consignment leaves Vadodara for Bhiwandi. The rate was agreed on the phone. At delivery, the bill arrives higher, and the difference is toll, billed at actuals with a set of…
AIS 140 GPS: What Indian Fleet Operators Actually Need to Know An operator in Vadodara buys a tracking device for Rs. 3,000 from a shop near Transport Nagar, fits it, and considers the job done. At the fitness renewal, the…
The Supply Chain Management Trends Predicted for 2020, Scored Years Later Every industry publishes a trends list in January. Almost nobody goes back to check. This page originally carried a set of supply chain management trends predicted for 2020. Enough…
Applications of IoT in Transportation and Logistics: What Actually Runs in India Most writing on IoT in transportation and logistics describes a fleet where every vehicle streams tyre pressure, coolant temperature and driver behaviour to a dashboard that predicts failures…
How Mobile Apps Benefit Logistics Companies A two-truck operator in Ludhiana sends a load to Delhi on Tuesday. The vehicle unloads Wednesday morning and sits until Thursday afternoon while the owner calls three brokers looking for something to bring back.…
Blockchain in Freight: What Was Promised, and What Actually Happened Around 2018, blockchain in freight was going to fix everything. Shared ledgers would end paperwork disputes. Smart contracts would release payment automatically on delivery. Every party in a supply chain…
TruckGuru Logistics Services: What We Do, and What We Do Not Most logistics pages in India promise everything. Air, sea, road, warehousing, customs, packing, city delivery, the whole list. Then you call, and the real answer is that they will…
Online Truck Booking in India: How It Works and What Actually Changes Booking freight in India used to mean three phone calls. One to a broker you had used before, one to a second broker to see whether the first…
Essential Tips To Choose The Best Transport Service Provider In Your Area A pharma distributor in Vadodara moves a consignment to Hyderabad with a transport service provider found through a WhatsApp group. The rate was good. Three cartons arrive damaged,…