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INDUSTRY INTERVIEW
Green logistics
solutions are the future
Indian logistics and warehousing sector is set to grow by 35 per cent by 2021. With all the ingredients for success
such as its global expertise, FM Logistic India aims to become the leader of the contract logistics market in the country.
Alexandre Amine Soufiani, Managing Director, FM Logistic India, shares the plan for the future.
Kalpana Lohumi
What solutions are you offering
in the logistics and warehousing
space to fulfil changing demands?
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We aim to develop the long-term
partnership approach with our customers
by offering process optimisation and
operational efficiencies with the help
of CI, 100 per cent compliances and
better work environment, sustainable
development initiatives and a safety
culture with periodic training and audits.
Alexandre Amine Soufiani
Managing Director
FM Logistic India
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To keep pace with the ever-increasing
customer demand, FM Logistic India
offers warehousing and distribution
solutions that are tailor-made to provide
our customers with what they want,
whenever they want it and wherever they
want it, undertaking various customercentric measures be it focus
and action orientation to address
customer concerns on urgent basis;
measurement of possible customer
concerns before and as they come
up and present solutions to clients
for resolutions; structured MIS and
monthly review meets with customers
and specialised team of industrial
engineers to make processes leaner and
more efficient for cycle time reduction,
systems and workflow customisation;
manpower planning and training
and centralised audit team to audit
inventory and processes. Secondly, we
have commissioned an array of WMS
& IT solutions to enable omni channel
services for our customers, which is
indeed the need of the hour. We partner
with clients to realign supply chains to
cater to omni channel (both B2B and
B2C flows) from the same warehouses,
under one roof. Digitalisation and
automation are also a primary
area of focus for FM
Logistic. In India, we have implemented
drones for inventory control at one of
our operational MCFs and are in the
process of getting this implemented
across all warehouses. We have also
implemented a fully automated packing
line for various clients across India.
We also offer a range of valueadded services enabling a variety of
logistics delivery models that improve
customer service while mitigating
inventory and transportation costs.
Value-added services include kitting
& de-kitting, pre-packing, co-packing
and co-manufacturing, labelling &
MRP stickering, bundling, customised
packing and return customisation. We
also provide top-of-the-line storage and
handling equipment.
An increasing shift towards renewable
or ‘green’ energy sources (solar, wind,
etc.) is propelling the development of
electric mobility and facility solutions
for logistics. Sustainability is in the heart
of our DNA at FM Logistic. We
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