The overall
goal of any logistic company in air or sea cargo is to reduce the operational costs,
improve efficiency and achieve the satisfaction of customers by delivery their
products safely on record time. The importances of logistic operations are
increasing because world economy is becoming highly globalised and
interdependency is increase among nations and blocks of nations. Not only
multinational companies but even small and medium range companies are sourcing
products from different countries and supplying to different parts of the globe.
The growth of
Indian economy in the recent years has increased the size of logistic business
in India..However , there are some concerns due to lack of infrastructure development
, inefficiencies in transport , lack of
storage facilities at major ports , delay in loading and unloading at ports due
to lack of advanced facilities , tax structure and untrained professionals
working at various levels .
The most of
the cargo International Parcel
Service in Kandivali before reaching ports and
air ports has to be transported by roads. The rail is efficient means of
transportation of cargo but the railways cargo has reached the point of saturation.
There has been little increase in railways tracks since independence. The
increase is not matching the demand for railway for cargo movement. The second
issue is the freight rates of the railway are high. This is because the
government has been subsidizing the passenger tickets costs by freight rates. The
road quality is also poor and in raining seasons the quality of roads at some
places gets worse. The truck industry is highly fragmented; this
increases the competition and forces the truck owners to overload the trucks.
The ports
sector also is facing problems due to congestion and slow unloading of ships.
The coastal shipping has not developed to the expected level due to lack of
ports and related infrastructure development.
The storage
facilities have not come up because land acquisition is major problem in India.
The political parties also cannot go beyond a point because it affects their
electoral prospects. Unless cold storage facilities are developed, the movement
and trade of several perishable goods cannot take off.
The payment of
tax at several places reduces the time in transportation and increase the cost
of transportation. The current GST bill envisages single tax structure as
panacea for all intra country cargo movements’ problems.
Since there
lack of big investment in cargo industry, the training level of personals
associated with industry at various level also remains low. The creating
climate for investment will lead to better management practice International Parcel
Service in Borivali being implemented to
improve the efficiency of logistic industry. This will automatically force
companies to either hire trained personals or train existing staff.
