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166 Part II. Elements of Logistics System personel infrastructure and pool of experienced CASE CASE 9.1 ALL-INDIAN LOGISTICS SERVICES All Indian Logistics Services (AILS) is a third party logistics provider headquartered in South Delhi, India. The company was founded by two former logistics executives from Tata Steel (one of the biggest and oldest compa nies in India) with expertise in ocean shipping, custom clearance, forwarding, and land transportation. Over the last five years, AILS has been successful in building an handle a wide range of logistics actes. Als es itself a specialist in customized logistics Solutions services. Its services include: Import comodation. AILS has a well developed network of offices and trade connections in United States, Europe, the Far East, and the AFGHANISTAN Jar CHINA Hurach PAKISTAN Karyana Phase Det NEPAL SA BHUTAN Ja Agru Nagaland U Pradesh Dia Manipur BANGLADESH Dhaka TO Gujarat Madhya Pradesh BURMA Ko Oria Du Damon Mumba Bombay Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Anda Pradesh Goa Cha Bengal Bangolo Madras Pondichem Andamond Nicobarde Tamil Nadu India SRI LANKA 200 400 100 200 300 EXHIBIT 9.A Map of India M Chapter Location 167 sca to any part of India. It promises a personalised for stone crafting etc East to render import consolidation by both and Declectronics, Icevons and componente test prompt service with value for cont . Door-to-door service, AILS is fully equipped to AILS has slowly expanded its consulting oticing to deliver door to door, which includes cargo pickup housing facilities. Recently, AILS was retained CA include site selection for mangfacturing plants and from the supplict warehouse, Warehousing prior to customs clearance, complete customs clearance of selection project by American Athletic Apparel (AAA), exports from overseas, and freight booking with air lange multinational supplier of athletic Clothing AAA bas lines/shipping lines to receive cargo in India. It also tuning plant that will produce wickable athletic shirts for undertakes local customs clearance and transporta asked AILS to determine the best location for a manufac tion to deliver to the door of the customer export to North America and Western Europe Exports. AILS has expertise in handling exports of AAA has one key stipulation for the chosen site vanous kinds of cargo by ocean and by air freight, The manufacturing plant must be located in a city with and ensures the timely movement of cargo at the dents, which excludes places like Delhi, Mumber, and # population of berween 1,500,000 and 3.500.000 resi most competitive rates. The company takes care of both the complete export documentation formali will be exported from India via water transportation Bangalore, among others. Because the majority of shirts ties and the physical movement of cargo . Consultancy on customs and logistics. AILS can freight may be utilized in extraordinary situations), ANA guide customers regarding various modes of has agreed to let ALLS leverage its existing relationships with logistics personnel at Mumbai Port. With this con- transportation and can help customers optimize sideration in mind, after several months of arduous work utilization of space and save on freight. It acts as Liaison with different Indian authorities like the RBI AILS narrowed the plant location to two metropolitan (Reserve Bank of India), the Ministry of Shipping, state of Uttar Pradesh) arcas: Patna (in the state of Bihar, and Lucknow in the the Ministry of Railways, and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, among others, on behalf QUESTIONS of clients for various permissions and quotas related to import and export of cargo India's red tape, 1. With respect to the natural resources needed to make sick bureaucracy, and corruption preclude anyone lack able shirts, Patna or Lucknow the preferred location? ing clout or established relationship channels from Why? conducting business in India 2. With respect to transportation consides, Patns or Lucknow the preferred location? Why? Today AILS handles an average of 200-plus TEUS 3. With respect to labor characteristics, is Patna or know 20-foot container equivalents) of imports and exports the preferred location? Why? every month between Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay) 4. With respect to quality-of-life considerations, is Patna or which is the nearest big port (a distance of 1,407 kilo Lacknow the preferred locationWh meters). (See Exhibit 9-A.) Luckily, most containers are 5. Shoald AILS recommend that the manufacturing plant be located in Patna or Lucknow? Why? used for traffic in both directions moving empties is un- 6. Would your answer to questions change if the shirts are productive. Main items for export are bathroom fittings, exported through the Port of Kollcats why or why not agricultural equipment, chemicals, scientific equipment, 7. Suppose that AAA decides to nenore production to Lat medical cquipment, food processing machinery, and fur. in America Keeping in mind the key stipulation prescaled niture and kitchen equipment. Main items for importare in the case, where might AAA locate its production plantis Latin America? Whe automobile engines and spares, cotton yarn, food prod