Allcargo Gati boosts ecommerce delivery for festive season, plans to hire over 3,000 people across operations

Allcargo Gati has scaled up its technological capabilities advancement and manpower strength at its sorting and fulfilment centres.

Express distribution and supply chain management firm company Allcargo Gati on August 28 said that it expects robust growth in shipments in the upcoming festive season and has strengthened its supply chain operations to meet the growing demand.

The company said it also has plans to initially hire over 3,000 people across multiple operational roles and will intensify hiring in sync with demand. 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, the company said in a press release.

To further optimise order processing and delivery efficiency, Allcargo has strengthened its last-mile delivery operations. It has ongoing collaborations with multinational brands and major ecommerce players, launching last-mile delivery services in various locations across Maharashtra and West Bengal. Additionally, Allcargo has supplemented its staffing with six new manpower supply services to handle the seasonal demand surge.

"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," Sandeep Kulkarni – Chief Operating Officer (COO)- Allcargo Gati said.

The company runs 15 mother hub sorting centres for its e-commerce customers and all these facilities are operationally optimised and are capable of delivering more than the capacity during the festive season.

It has a 1.48 lakh sq ft 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.