Consumer durable goods are generally divided into three categories
White Goods include air conditioners, electrical or electronic kitchen appliances, refrigerators, washing machines, speakers and audio systems, televisions, and more.
Brown Goods or Kitchen Appliances comprise microwave ovens, mixers, grinders, cooking ranges, irons, electric fans, and chimneys, among others.
Consumer Electronics consist of televisions, mobile phones, MP3 players, DVD players, etc.
Below are few challenges in Indian consumer durables industry
- Managing inventory levels and rising demand
- The demand for stick planning by season
- Demand-driven geographic distribution pattern
- locating the factories for the final product, subassemblies, and component sourcing
- The products' packaging
- After sales
- Rise of online sales platform
- Reach to rural and remote locations
- Locations for temporary storage and strategic warehousing
We at Abhi Impact Logistics Solutions has decade of experience in managing such challenging supply chain for consumer durables industry and we offer below services in this domain
- Consumer durables 3PL / 4PL
- Consumer durables Warehousing
- Consumer durables Warehousing
- Consumer durables Transportation
- Consumer durables Export-Import (EXIM)
Consumer Durables 3Pl / Steel 4Pl
Abhi Impact Logistics Solutions has extensive expertise in overseeing intricate supply chains for consumer durables, including 3PL and 4PL.
Our competitive services, which primarily include warehousing, shipping, and EXIM, provide reliable supply chain management for consumer durables with a backbone of cutting-edge technology and knowledgeable, professional people.
Consumer Durables Warehousing
Interim storage and distribution is a solution to the problems of the intricate consumer durables supply chain, including high volumes, low contribution margins, wide distribution, and high inventory turnover. Making decisions about distribution and warehousing is crucial for maintaining profitability and expanding market share in a cutthroat industry.
Abhi Impact Logistics offers
- Selection of warehouse location based
on distribution plan and complete Consumer durables SCM consulting
including design of warehouse
facility, setting operational SOPs, suggestion w.r.t. improvements in
current warehousing operations etc.
- Automated authentication &
traceability of consumer durables goods for accurate FIFO management.
- Warehouse binning locations planning
to optimise space utilisation.
- Advance and fully / semi-automatic
material handling equipment to save labour cost
like – ASRS(Automatic Storage & Retrieval System), AGV(Auto Guided
Vehicles), Reach Truck, Forklifts, HPT(Hand Pallet Trucks),
semi-automatic conveyors for packing, printing and dispatches. We offer
these equipment on hire-purchase or on monthly rent basis to
reduce capital investment and maintenance cost (including specialised
trained staff cost) of our customers.
- Full/partial automation in binning,
packaging and loading/unloading to reduce material handling time and
cost.
- Effective Warehouse Management System
(WMS) for demand planning, inventory optimisation and distribution
planning.
- Immediate WMS information flow to
upstream & downstream for quick decision making in fluctuating demand
market.
- Advanced analytics to support world
class consumer durables warehousing operations.
- 5S implementation along with Kaizen.
- 3PL/4PL services to manage customer's
entire warehouse activities.
- Strong operational review mechanism &
reporting to control all activities related to warehousing.
- Design & installation of optimised
racks system on rental basis
Consumer Durables In-Plant Logistics
The transportation of items within the manufacturing or processing facility is referred to as in-plant logistics.
Movements include moving components and sub-assemblies to or from stocking points or line-sides for conversion into finished goods, moving raw materials from receipt to intermediate storage, and transporting completed goods to the factory gate or intermediate storage for shipment outside the factory.
Intra-unit movement of raw, semi-finished, and finished commodities is also covered by in-plant logistics.
Abhi Impact Logistics Solutions is a proven partner for many leading consumer durables companies’ in-plant logistics.
We offer the following services in in-plant logistics management:
- Raw material / semi-finished goods / components inward movement including unloading of material from vehicle, inspection
- Online transportation of components, sub-assemblies, and semi-finished goods
- Movement of finished goods to dispatch location
- For in-plant management, labor management is necessary.
- Management of returnable assets, such as trays, trollies, tote bins, pallets, bins, and movement fixtures, among others.
- IT support for the design and implementation of an in-plant logistics system, as well as consulting in the layout design (SLP, or Systematics Layout Planning) for material transportation, storage, and handling equipment
- Binning of goods received at receipt
- Issue of raw material / semi-finished goods for further processing on lines (line feeding)
- Management of the yard
- Transportation of empty bins or pallets from the production line to replenishment points, which may include raw material storage areas, earlier stages of manufacturing or processing, or locations outside the factory.
- Dispatch management: loading and billing
- To lower our clients' capital investment and maintenance costs (including the cost of hiring specialized, trained people), we provide material handling equipment for hire-purchase or monthly rental.
- cleaning and washing bins, storage devices, etc.
Consumer Durables - Transportation
In the consumer durables sector, a transportation partner must be scalable and able to meet high demand at the appropriate time.
Abhi Impact Logistics Solutions provides services that increase supply chain efficiency.
With decades of experience as a 3PL partner, we have centered our business operations around the transportation vertical to offer the consumer durables sector smooth services.
We provide a broad range of value-added services in consumer durables transportation, including: temperature-controlled or FTL shipping, assistance with returns or recalls, and demo kitting for retailers.
- Supported by own and hired fleet as per your need
- Specialized in movement of large quantum of cargo or freight as per Law
- We provide local and regional shipments as well nationwide shipments services
- Delivering consistent value to our existing all customers, we are trustworthy, reliable and leading service provider in this domain
- Assistance to decide type of carrier by our expert transport team
- Tracking of your consignments 24 by 7 through our Transport Management System (GPS / SIM)
- Extensive IT Network support for your FTL transportation including online billing, payment, PODs and other data backup for a year
- Reverse Logistics
- We also provide FTL service from India to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and vice-e-versa
- We are one of the leading logistics companies in India serving FTL services to national and multi-national FMCG companies across India
- 24 by 7 Online /offline order placement using Centralised Transport Desk (CTD)
- Online LR (Lorry Receipt) generation through our Centralised Transport Desk (CTD)Transport Management System (TMS)
- Visibility and reports for each movement of the shipment
- Definite transit schedule towards just in time delivery
- Opportunity to transport high value goods securely with our safe services
Consumer Durables - Export Import
International transportation of consumer durables, including raw materials and processed consumer durables into final products, is included in the export-import category.
With our extensive global network of contacts and in-depth understanding of international freight forwarding, we are prepared to tackle the Consumer Durables EXIM SCM challenge.
Among our primary offerings in Consumer Durables EXIM are:
Air Freight - Imports and Exports
Import Cargo Handling
Export Cargo Handling
Import and Export Cargo Consolidation
Sea Freight - Imports and Exports
- Full Container Load (FCL)
- Less than Container Load (LCL)
- Buyer Consolidation
- Direct & Transhipment service options
- Port to Port Services
- Break Bulk
Customs Clearance
We provide the following services
- Guidance for Duty Benefits as per notifications.
- Customs documentation
- Examination of shipments.
- Customs Duty Payments.
- Customs clearance at all major CFS, Ports across India
- Carting/ receiving goods
