Logistics in E Commerce Industry

Ecommerce companies competing for the first place of India’s $13 million business are concerned about the heavy costs in shipment through air and they some how want to reduce the expenditure by improving on road and rail facilities.

Flipkart, India’s largest domestic e-tailer , and the main competitor for global companies like Amazon . com and ebay Inc are generally widening their particular supplier networks by developing their logistics infrastructure in order to maintain their first place in this race. They are even shrinking delivery times to nine hours.

More than 200 million internet users definitely add more potential to Indian ecommerce industry. Indian ecommerce market is expected to reach $6 billion in 2015. E commerce industry in other emerging markets are growing than India, and the slow pace may be due to various reasons like COD, cash burn rate, poor supply chains, poor online security, tax structure and logistics.

Complex geography, different terrains and lack of knowledge of the logistics companies are creating obstacles in the further advancement of these e commerce companies. There are few companies who have even started regional warehouses and one company has tied up with Indian Postal Service to reach far off places.

Flipkart, Jabong, Amazon have even started their own shipping arms. Raising up a delivery network for e-commerce business is very complicated in India where millions of customers are across more than 100,000 post codes. Big logistics firms like Blue Dart, Aramex etc have already started in ecommerce and are regularly used by e commerce companies.

Disruptive Innovations in CES 2014

The Consumer Electronic Show had many new devices but the below five technologies were counted as the most successful disruptive innovations in 2014. There was a dip in the cost of technologies and existing products were updated.

Embedded sensors became more affordable because microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), including magnetometers and accelerometers became very cheap and putting embedded sensors into any product became very easy. As they become cheaper we may be able to find embedded sensors in things which we use in daily life like clothing and electronic equipments.

For example, Kolibree, the electronic brush company in France claims that they can outsmart dentists and their goal is to ensure personal dental hygiene. Kolibree is the first connected electric toothbrush, equipped with vibrating technology to make brushing more effective. Its sensors interact with mobile apps for adults and children to make brushing a hygienic experience.

Wearables, are supposed to bring revolutionary changes into healthcare industry for the ageing population. Wearable like 9solutionsIPCS, which is a wireless Bluetooth and SaaS based real time locating system, which works within a cell phone, is for those employees who are stationed alone and require medical attention at workplace. Wearables were at the third place.

Alternative energy technologies got the fourth place, which is popular because they are cost-effective and they work even without cables and plugs. C-Max Solar Energi by Ford can be charged by solar panels on the roof of the vehicle. Portable energy devices are embedded into devices like mobiles chargers even into the tablet and smart phones.

Driverless vehicles were also among successful disruptive innovations and some of those cars even have the command to take kids to school and bring them back. Not only on- road vehicles, drones are creating history in Denmark where drones are used as ambulances to reach heart attack patients. Mercedes’ automated vehicle was one among the driverless vehicles series and it relies on miniature cameras positioned around the vehicle, which can manage traffic lights, intersections, pedestrians and other vehicles.