Managing Logistics and warehouses are one the major challenges that come during the festive rush. With digitization all around small businesses and retailers are expecting the online momentum to continue & increase during this time but SMEs face difficulty and challenge in shipping products because shipping required an army of workers to transport, label, and monitor shipments.
This festive season is crucial for all retailers and logistics roadblocks come in terms of handling demand and supply, digital payments, and managing end-to-end logistics. Several e-commerce startups providing tech enabled solutions had stepped forward to help these SMEs and MSMEs to overcome the warehouse and logistics challenges.
Here are the startups that are helping SMEs and MSMEs with warehousing and logistics services this festive season:
Maxwholesale – Founded in July 2016, MaxWholesale is a B2B e-commerce platform for Kirana stores to source inventory on-demand. It helps kirana stores discover price and scheme on various FMCG products and get door-step delivery much faster than traditional methods. The platform ensures end-to-end solutions to the retailers & Kirana stores including product supply, financial credit, payments and digital storefronts. The company warehouses in 8 locations in Delhi NCR and Chandigarh tri-city and is operating with a network of delivery vehicles in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad to fulfil the demand of over 23,000 retailers in real-time.
ANS Commerce – ANS Commerce, India’s #1 full stack ecommerce enabler startup that helps other brands sell on the brand store (their own website) and marketplaces (Amazon, Flipkart, etc) providing a unique full-stack platform that includes brand store tech, performance marketing, marketplace management, and warehousing. ANS Commerce is currently working with 90+ established & challenger brands across segments helping them sell on their brandstores along with 15+ marketplaces. ANS Commerce counts Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, Portico, Piramal, CEAT, Marico, Bath & Body Works, and ITC amongst its brand partners. ANS has augmented its warehousing capacity and brands stores with tech-enabled solutions for SMEs to meet the festive demand on time and giving real time tracking for smooth functioning.
Shiprocket – India’s most used e-commerce logistics and shipping software solution company Shiprocket offers customers a premium e-commerce experience with automated shipping. Shiprocket has put together a multitude of offerings, including a seller-focused app for hyperlocal deliveries, fulfilment and warehousing, packaging, and checkout enhancement. The startup is focused on the D2C segment of the market, which includes online-only brands, social commerce retailers, and O2O brands.
Ecom Express – Ecom Express is the Providers of logistics services to the ecommerce industry. To keep up with the festive demand, the company has added over a million square feet area across its various facilities in Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Vijayawada. the company’s reach now extends to over 27,000 PIN codes in the country, Ecom express has invested in hi-speed automated sorters at centers, and added capacity to handle surge in volumes.