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Allcargo Gati Limited (Formerly Gati limited), one of India’s leading premier Express Distribution and Supply Chain Management company, expects robust growth in shipments in the upcoming festive season and has further strengthened its supply chain operations to meet the growing demand. The company has scaled up its technological capabilities advancement and manpower strength at its sorting and fulfilment centres and beefed up its last mile delivery operations to boost its order processing and delivery efficiency to cater to the volume-driven time-sensitive demand.

Allcargo Gati has ongoing collaborations with multinational brands and major ecommerce and quick commerce players. To meet the festive season rush, Allcargo Gati has launched last mile delivery operations for e -commerce giants in multiple locations in Maharashtra and in West Bengal. The company also runs 15 mother hub Sorting centres for its ecommerce customers. All sorting centres are operationally optimized and are capable of delivering more than the capacity during the festive season.

In addition, Allcargo Gati has added six more manpower supply services to its pool of staffing solutions providers to meet the sudden surge in order processing and delivery demand in the festive season across regions. It has initial plans to hire over 3000 people in multiple operational roles and will intensify hiring in sync with the growth in demand.
The company has also strengthened the capacity, productivity and efficiency at its sorting and fulfilment centres by setting up double deep racking, conveyors, advanced hand-held terminals, etc. apart from digitising the operations. Allcargo Gati has also adopted data-driven route-optimisation solutions to ensure faster last mile deliveries amid festive season rush.

Commenting on the festive season preparation, Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni – Chief Operating Officer (COO)- Allcargo Gati Limited said, “We expect the festive season demand to reach higher peaks this year on the back of positive consumer sentiment. To meet the growing demand, we have enhanced our operational capabilities with an outlook to further bolster it in line with the demand growth. We have also deployed new-age technologies to build operational resilience. We will continue to expand our order fulfilment, processing and delivery network across the country to serve more e-commerce and online marketplace players.”

Allcargo Gati has 1.48 lakh sq. ft. the mega state-of-the-art and tech-enabled Surface Transhipment Centre and Distribution Warehouse (STCDW) at Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai, 1.5 lakh sq ft Surface Transhipment Centre (STC) at Farukh Nagar as well as STCs in Indore, Nagpur, Guwahati and Bengaluru with capacity of 39,140 sq ft, 50,000 sq ft, 40,000 sq ft and 1.46 lakh sq ft, respectively, to offer greater reach to its customers.

Gati Air, the air freight services of Gati Express and Supply Chain Pvt. Limited (GESCPL), material subsidiary of Allcargo Gati Limited, banking on strategic tie-ups with the country’s leading airlines, offers seamless deliveries and customised logistics solutions. Further, with direct delivery services to over 5400 pin codes and accessibility to 19800 pin codes covering 735 districts out of 739 districts in India, Allcargo Gati customers can leverage better transit time and delivery efficiency due to the superior traceability and connectivity that help them scale up their businesses across India during the festive season. 

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