Intelligent warehouse management System Does CSR initiative need to be independent of business operations ?
Warehouse Management System (WMS) is one of effective strategies to
accelerate an organization’s development by giving priorities on the reliability of It may or may not be independent of business operations depending on the
its supply chain.
On a General level, I-WMS has five subsystems, namely:
company because there are no specific rule stating that.
Some examples of dependent initiatives Some examples of independent initiatives
Intelligent Logistics
System using Bee
Colony Optimization
(BCO) Algorithm
Adaptive
Intelligent executive Warehouse
summary system System(AWS) using
(IESS) Fuzzy Logic
controllers
Real-Time Intelligent
transportation forecasting system
monitoring system (IFS) using Artificial
(RTMS) neural network
• WMS controls all the processes in the supply chain (the reception and • AWS manages repository of goods input and output by using FEFO (first
delivery of products, stock facilities management, stock of products, and expired first out) method. It also intelligently adjusts the operating
packing and shipping). BCO is used to perform scheduling optimization to temperature of the repository using a microcontroller with fuzzy operations
determine optimum order combination and fleet carriers to achieve • IFS focusses on increasing accuracy of forecasting demands using artificial
optimal time distribution for all goods neural network method, such as Extreme learning machine
• RTMS is responsible for monitoring the delivery and the distribution of • IESS is used to overcome the problems of decision-making group members
goods from the warehouse to their destination. having different perspectives and ideas
Industry Analysis & Competitive
As-is-Scenario Landscape
Executive Summary
Company Profile Current Supply Chain
Sourcing Warehousing Delivery
• Local supplier base: Take the help of • Scale up the infrastructure in their existing • Use temperature controlled vans for
local suppliers to find out local taste and warehouses to cater to the increasing delivering perishable goods
start with limited SKU’s demand • Make use of two-wheelers for making
• Innovative Assortments: Provide • Intelligent Warehouse Management deliveries of non dairy staples from spoke
staples which are not available to the System (WMS) is one of effective strategies to customers, so as to reach all nooks and
local community by buying directly from to accelerate an organization’s corners of the city
farmers using the concept of development by giving priorities on the
disintermediation reliability of its supply chain.
• Upstream and Downstream: In cities On a General level, I-WMS has five parts:
like Ahmedabad and Surat, Tie-ups with
local grocery producers/whole sellers.
Intelligent Logistics
Tie-Up with on demand delivery start-
System using Bee
up like Runnr, Grab India to make sure Colony
orders reach customers in a timely Optimization
manner (BCO) Algorithm
Intelligent Adaptive
executive Warehouse
summary system System(AWS)
(IESS) using Fuzzy Logic
controllers
Intelligent
Real-Time forecasting
transportation system (IFS)
monitoring using Artificial
system (RTMS) neural network
Internet of things
As-is Scenario Robotic Process Automation Drones IoT Artificial Intelligence Priority Roadmap
Porters 5 Forces
• India's online grocery market is estimated to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 62
per cent during 2016-2022 [1]
• Grocery is the next biggest online segment after fashion & mobile
• Customer Stickiness is a key characteristic. Groceries are bought frequently, with a high
repeat rate and without much thought.
• Type of players: Generic E-commerce retailers, Pure Grocery E-commerce retailers and Brick
and Mortar retailer
Recommendation
Expand into • Use their existing central warehouses as
• Mysore (inventory) hubs and facilitate the supply to nearby
• Vizag cities (acting as spokes)
• Ahmedabad • In cities like Ahmedabad and Surat, start
• Pune with Hyper local model by tying up with
• Suratecosystem development to take next logistics partners, reducing the upfront
big leap after existing IT hubs fixed cost
• Growing demand and low • Take the help of local suppliers to find out
Rationale local taste and start with limited SKU’s
• Per capita income is maximum post Tier I • Provide assortment of staples which are On an average customer
cities not available to the local community by
• IT penetration of Modern Trade in these buying directly from farmers using the orders 20 times a month
cities concept of disintermediation
• Attractive opportunity for India’s ecosystem • Use of 2-wheelers for making deliveries
to develop due to various policy support form spokes, so as to reach all nooks and
from government’s end corners of the city
• Send perishable goods in chillers,
temperature controlled van
