The logistics and warehousing industry in India is rapidly adopting automation solutions to enhance operational speed, efficiency and reduce costs. This growing trend is largely driven by the increasing number of logistics and warehousing companies in India, coupled with the expanding e-commerce sector. The adoption of logistics automation has been proven to streamline the supply chain, minimize manual errors, and reduce overhead costs. Furthermore, the integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, GPS, biometrics, and real-time tracking is catalyzing market growth.
The Indian Government has also been implementing several measures to complement automation, including economic reforms and infrastructural developments. The Government's digitization efforts for customs processes for import and export shipments have been exemplary. The introduction of flagship programs like Turant Customs, e-Sanchit, SWIFT, ICEDASH, and ATITHI have simplified and centralized prolonged processes that were prevalent earlier.
The National Logistics Policy (NLP) too has a strong focus on digitalization, bringing transparency through digital integration, boosting speed and efficiency, enabling fast-paced logistics infrastructure development, better coordination among multiple stakeholders, simplifying processes and documentation, and improving last-mile connectivity.
To gain insights into how automation is being implemented in the logistics industry in India,
Zainab Faridi interviews
The PDP Group, Raaho, LogiNext and
iThink Logistics.
| Pramod Kumar Srivastava - The PDP Group |
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The biggest factor driving demand for automated solutions is the customer’s expectation of receiving complete integrated logistics solutions from a single vendor. In the highly competitive and fragmented Indian logistics sector, operational efficiency... Read More |
| Imthiaz - Raaho |
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Automation helps improve efficiency in the logistics sector by reducing errors, improving tracking and monitoring, and speeding up processes. This is particularly important in a market where there is intense competition and a need to keep costs low... Read More |
| Dhaval Thanki - LogiNext |
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The implementation of automation in logistics enhances operational efficiency by focusing on capacity utilization and reducing unnecessary trips and kilometers required to move goods to their intended destinations. These efforts not only reduce fuel... Read More |
| Zaiba Sarang - iThink Logistics |
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The primary goal of automation is to make human tasks easier rather than completely replace them, as there is no comparison between AI intelligence and the human brain.There are several factors driving automation in the logistics sector in India, but the... Read More |
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