You are on page 1of 25

Air Express Services: A Growing Role in Air Cargo

Guided By Submitted by
Prof. S.K Jain Somesh Pal
Roll no 88

Page 1
“ WE OPERATE ON A SECOND TO SECOND & MINUTE TO
MINUTE BASIS. EVEN ONE SHIPMENT GETTING
MESSED UP IS A CRIME IN BLUE DART.”

- BLUE DART’S MANTRA

Page 2
Introduction
 The largest Global Service
Participants of FedEx.
 South Asia's leading provider.
 Began Operations : Nov,1983
 Headquarters : Mumbai, India
 Alliance with DHL
 Destinations Serviced:
 Domestic - over 21,000 loc.
 International - more than 220
countries .

Page 3
Continued…

 Revenues ’09- Rs 98,253 Lacs.


 It has38% Share in Domestic market.
 Air Support : 3 Boeing 737 and 4 Boeing 757 freighters.
 Ground Support : 5,658 vehicles.
 Number of Shipments : Jan - Dec 2014.
Handled (in Lacs):
 Domestic - over 790.
 International - over 7.
 People Force : Over 6,300.

Page 4
Air Cargo: The Indian Scenario

 Primarily Focused on Passenger Air Services &

Infrastructure

 Air Cargo considered a By-Product of Passenger Air

Services

 Air Cargo in India is not fully aligned to business needs.

Page 5
LOGISTICS IN BLUE DART

Page 6
USA & Europe: Trucking Network Complements Air Services

India’s Golden Quadrilateral is an opportunity

Page 7
Services

Domestic International

Dart Express
Dart Apex Smart box
Surfaceline Pallet
Domestic Services

 DART APEX:
 Door-to-door delivery service for
shipments weighing 10kgs & above.
 Economical option - Airport-to-Door
service from the major airports.
(Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi,
Kolkata, Hyderabad).

Page 9
DART SURFACELINE

 Economical, door-to-door, ground


distribution service for shipments
weighing 10 kgs & above.

 Cost effective logistics for less


time-sensitive shipments.

 Over 25,498 loc.

Page 10
SMART BOX

 Available modes – air express &


ground express

 Convenient, economic & door-to-


door delivery service within India.

 The units come in 2 sizes-10kgs &


25 kgs which can accommodate
variety of products.

Page 11
EXPRESS PALLET
 Most Economical, Convenient & Flexible way to send heavy goods abroad,
from DHL.
 Ideal for heavier shipments: 50kgs, 75kgs, 100kgs.
 Same box foldable in three dimensions to accommodate shipments from
50kgs to 75kgs to100 kgs.

Page 12
Supply chain management

 The management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the


ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end
customers.

 It spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process


inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

Page 13
Supply Chain Process
Individual Customers Corporate Customers
drop

DHL Office pickup drop


DHL Pack
Central Location Office

Region sorting and bulk packing

Local or National local


/ International Distribution

truck

Regional Hub Distribution if local

Page 14
Continued…
A

Airport

courier cargo
Air India or Cargo or Courier
Blue Dart
Kingfisher Flights
Passenger
Destination / Hub

truck Reverse
logistics to
Destination Warehouse sender
truck
no DHL Office at
Destination found?
Destination
yes
Destination
Page 15
Warehouses

At Main Collection offices – To store materials if on delay or on


Sundays before material is sent to consumers

At hub airport – DHL has warehouse at airports in main hub


locations i.e., Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmadabad,
Hyderabad & Bangalore to store materials on delay of flights.

Main Warehouse outside Octroi – All cities have a DHL


Warehouse outside octroi limits to store materials which are
incoming and are subject to octroi charges and are not cleared.

Page 16
 Parcels are differentiated on the basis
of THREE LETTER codes and tracks
allotted to each.

 80-85% goods are hardware goods


from the IT sector.

Page 17
Goods are tallied and reloaded at
all the stages-office, warehouse,
main hub, and also the shipment
area. Approx. 17 times.

Page 18
Frequency
 Amt .of goods transported varies –order they cater.

 Unlike other transportation companies BD does not wait for


completely filling the van or vehicle.

 Country’s only service provider-fleet of 7 freighters


( 4 Boeing 757 & 3 Boeing 737).

Page 19
Page 20
Waybill Generation

The Online Waybill generation tool helps:


 Credit customer to generate a waybill for a consignment.

 Another powerful feature in Waybill Generation is the


Address Book.

Page 21
COSMATII
 Computerized On-line System for Management, Accounting and Tracking.

 Interfaces with the Human Resources Management, Financial


Management, Purchase, Sales Monitoring Executive Information and
CRM systems

 Barcodes and Scanners were used for speedier operations

 It enables easy access to the database over a wide area network, and
ensures reliable information and feedback even in areas that are afflicted
by poor telecom services.. e and manageable.

Page 22
SMARTTM

Space Management Allocation Reservation and Tracking


 Allows real-time space and revenue management
 Ensures that the aircraft is filled profitably.
 Leveraging on the infrastructural strength of the system
 Built on Oracle technologies
 Hosted on a Sun Enterprise 3500 server, a fully redundant, zero
reboot system.

Page 23
ShipDartTM
 Is a Blue Dart proprietary solution especially created for the
convenience of regular customers
 It enables user control over the entire shipping and tracking processes
 It needs to be installed at the customers premises
 A set of Master Files which controls the ShipDart system has to be
downloaded from the site.

Page 24
THANK YOU

Page 25

You might also like