NATIONAL SUMMIT ON

Warehousing in India
Technology Option for Upgradation

26th May, 2016 – India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA

 NATIONAL SUMMIT ON

Warehousing in India
Technology Option for Upgradation
26th May, 2016 – India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

INTRODUCTION

W arehousing plays a very vital role in promoting agriculture marketing, rural banking and
financing and ensuring Food Security in the country. It enables the markets to ease the
pressure during harvest season and to maintain uninterrupted supply of agricultural commodities
during off season. Hence, it solves the problems of glut and scarcity, which are the usual problems in
agricultural marketing. Indian transportation and logistics market witnesses new heights; there has
been increasing buzz around technology adoption, network optimization, multimodal transportation
and improving warehousing. The latter in particular has been evolving rapidly from traditional
'godowns' to modern facilities. Indian logistics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.17% by
2020 driven by the growth in the manufacturing, retail, FMCG and e-commerce sectors.

Current Status of Warehousing Capacity in India

S.No. Name of the Organization /Sector Storage Capacity in Million MTs
1 Food Corporation of India (FCI) 32.05
2 Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) 10.07
3 State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) 21.29
4 State Civil Supplies 11.3
5 Cooperative Sector 15.07
6 Private Sector 18.97
Total 108.75

About 80% handling and warehousing facilities are not mechanized and traditional manual methods for
loading, unloading and handling of food grains and other commodities are used. However, the warehouses
which are mechanized have just forklifts or hydraulic hand pallet trucks. These numbers clearly indicate that
there is an acute shortage of organized and good quality warehousing and storage infrastructure in the
country, for both, agricultural and non agricultural commodities. A principal requirement for controlling the
warehouse is harnessing the power of technology to maximize a facility's potential. The role of warehouses
has increased due to wider product range, emphasis on shorter lead times and constant changes in customer
demand. The increased demands forces companies to improve their warehousing operations for better
service level and decreased costs. The emerging new technologies are creating strategic opportunities for the
organizations to build competitive advantages in various functional areas of management including logistics
and supply chain management. However the degree of success depends on the selection of the right
technology for the application, availability of proper organizational infrastructure, culture and management
policies. In logistics, information, communication and automation technologies has substantially increased
speed of identification, data gathering, processing, analysis and transmission, with high level of accuracy and
reliability. In logistics many new technologies are used in developed country while in India adoption process is
very slow. However due to liberalization of the Indian economy the competitive pressure is building up and the
only option to face the competition in to go in for technology enabled operations.
Despite its strategic importance in the Indian economy, the Indian
warehousing sector confronts several challenges for the successful
implementation of technology. The challenges and concerns need to
be addressed with collaborative efforts among all stakeholders,
including the government and its agencies, policy makers,
entrepreneurs, investors; logistics services providers, manufacturers,
farmers and sellers. Therefore, with a view to discuss the challenges
and opportunities for implementation in Indian Warehousing sector
ASSOCHAM in collaboration with Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
& Public Distribution Propose to organize a National summit on
Warehousing in India, Technology option for upgradation.

KEY ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

• Government policy for Warehousing
development
• Modernization of Warehousing in India
• Constraints and Impediments in setting up of
Warehouses
• Key trends and future plans for Indian
warehousing sector
• Capacity building and Operational efficiency
• Investment opportunities in the warehousing
sector
• Skilled manpower and effective management
• Public-Private Partnership in Warehousing
• Financing of warehousing
• Scale and quality of warehousing infrastructure
• Integration with complete supply chain
• Strategies to leverage modern technology in
warehouses
• Availability and access to funding for
warehouse
• Need to improve research, development and
innovation investment.

PARTICIPANTS PROFILE
• PSU's and SPVs • International experts
• State warehousing corporations • Investment & Funding Agencies
• Private Warehouses, Public Warehouses, • Infrastructure Financial
Bonded institutions/Banks/Equity analysts
• Warehouses, Government warehouses, Co- • Insurance companies
operative • Maintenance & Operation managers
• Container freight stations (CFS)/inland • Consultancy organizations
container depots (ICDs) • Construction Companies
• Equipment providers &Logistics firms • Freight Forwarders & Custom Agents
• Free trade warehousing zones (FTWZ), • Supply chain & Logistics Companies
Logistics Parks • Transport Companies
• Infrastructure Development Companies • Material Handling equipment
• Ports & shipping Industry • IT and ITES service providers
• Engineers and Technocrats
 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Logo in Speaker Speaker Corporate Acknowle- Standees
Category the Main Opportunity in Opportunity in Literature in dgement in at the Delegate
Amount
Backdrop Inaugural Technical Delegate Kit Thank You Conference Pass
Session Session Panel Venue

Platinum 8,00,000 5 10
Partner

Diamond 6,00,000 4 8
Partner

Gold 5,00,000 3 6
Partner

Technology 4,00,000 3 6
Partner

Silver 3,00,000 2 5
Partner

Delegate Kit 2,00,000 1 5

Partner*

Lunch 2,00,000 1 5
Partner*

Lanyard 1,50,000
Partner* 1 4

Logo
Support 1,00,000 1 4

*Exclusive Category

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
The Summit provides an opportunity for participating companies to exhibit their latest research developments and products in the
market. It would also provide a forum to explore mutually beneficial business opportunities and build partnerships and alliances.

STALL TARIFF** Stall size 3 x 3 mtr. INR 50,000/- Stall size 3 x 2 mtr. INR 30,000/-
Following benefits would be available to exhibitors: (a) Completely built up stall with company fascia (b) Two Chairs, one table,
spotlights, waste paper basket, electric points, etc. (c) 2 delegates passes free.

ADVERTISMENT IN THE SOUVENIR ADVERTISMENT TARIFF**

The souvenir will circulated to all participants, relevant PAGE PARTICULAR AMOUNT(INR) Delegate
Industries and other Central & State Government. agencies BACK COVER 40,000 Fees
and ministries, all embassies in India and Indian embassies 30,000
FRONT INSIDE COVER
in abroad apart from sale/display in major food processing ` 1500
and agriculture related exhibitions and seminars organized BACK INSIDE COVER 30,000 each
by ASSOCHAM in India and around the world. FULL PAGE 20,000

For further details, please Contact

Vipul B Gajingwar Ravi Ranjan Singh

M: 9810825894 T: 011-46550569 (D) M: 8802438017
E: vipul.bg@assocham.com E: raviranjan.singh@assocham.com

THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA

ASSOCHAM Corporate Office: 5, Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110 021
Phone: +91-11-46550555 (Hunting Line) • Fax: +91-11-23017008, 23017009
E-mail: assocham@nic.in • Website: www.assocham.org