Cargo Breaking News
Ekart, India’s largest supply chain network and part of the Flipkart group, will now make its warehouses across the country available to brands, manufacturers, retailers, and SMEs as a part of its vision to become a fourth-party logistics (4PL) player in the country.
“The initiative will enable brands of all sizes, manufacturers, and retailers from across industries to leverage Ekart’s technologically-advanced fulfilment centres for flexible, affordable, and scalable inventory storage solutions,” says an official release.
The end-to-end warehousing services by Ekart will include ready-to-use best-in-class warehousing space, order management, integrated logistics and inventory management, further helping brands scale their business. “Ekart will also offer specialised facilities such as temperature-controlled storage and storage for high-value inventory for businesses in need of these requirements.”
Ekart has a pan India supply chain network spread across more than 20 million sq feet. To begin with, it will offer four dedicated sites across Bilaspur in Haryana, Malur in Karnataka, Saidham in Mumbai, and Uluberia (West Bengal) as well as 17 shared sites across India to businesses of all sizes. The warehouses will ease the fulfilment process of orders for customers by helping reduce the transit time and better delivery speed. “The state-of-the-art, Grade-A fulfilment centres are equipped to facilitate the safe and speedy delivery of orders. Ekart’s capability to handle 80+ product categories will also now be available to the brands.”
