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Page 1: COMMITTED, CAPABLE AND COMPETENT - KD Logistics · 2021. 1. 21. · Project Manager Mr. Hemant Sawant Senior Manager - Operations When the lockdown was announced on 23rd March 2020,

What the N. E. W. S tell usWith it's dedication and Strong Commitment, KDL added new projects to the portfolio, for the North, East, West and South regions.

Solar InstallationSolar Electricity - One Step towards a Green Footprint

COMMITTED,CAPABLE ANDCOMPETENT

Edition 8 | 2021

Commitment through the Covid timesThe Covid-19 pandemic exposed business vulnerabilities, but our commitment saw us through…

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As a mark of honour to the commitment of our employees, we celebrate the beginning of the

New Year with this wonderful handmade picture cra�ed specially in the honour of our

hardworking and dedicated sta�.

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TABLE OFCONTENTSA NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER'S DESK

COMMITMENT THROUGH THE COVID TIMES

LEADERSHIP SPEAK- Logistics in The Times of Pandemic

- An Army for the Country

WHAT THE N E W S TELL US

West Updates: Kellogs, Faces Canada, Me n

Moms, Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.,

Bombay Shaving Company, TVS ASL,

Shiprocket, Dover OPW, Wipro (Yardley

Division), General Mills, Seniority Private Ltd.

- Journey of Shoppers Stop e-com

- Family Day at Mondelez Depot

- Family Day at Reckitt Benckiser Depot

- Mock Drill Covid Precautions on Shop Floor

- Client Testimonial

North Updates: Bombay Shaving Company,

Colgate-Palmolive, Home Lane, P&G,

Reliance and TVS.

- Foray into online world of Logistics

- Bhopal Operations Expansion

- Family Day at P&G

South Updates: Me n Moms and Sarva Foams

East Updates: P&G, Modicare and Chep

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POINTS TO PONDER- Safety & Awareness

- Solar Electricity

- Enhancing E-Com Fulfilment

- Unleashing The Hidden Potential

EMPLOYEES' CORNER- Independence Day

- Ganesh Festival

- Diwali

- Dussehra

- Grocery Distribution

- Christmas

- KDL Premier League

AWARDS AND APPRECIATION- HUL Highest Sales

- HUL Golden Invoice

- COTY

NEW JOINEES

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Mr. KAPIL PREMCHANDANIManaging Director

“When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going.

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Hi everybody,

We take the opportunity of wishing you all and your families joyous and prosperous new year. The Covid

pandemic played out tragically in the last year and jeopardised the survival of many businesses and industries.

We witnessed a sea change in consumer behaviour leading to surge in the growth of online businesses.

Logistics is at heart of digital business and the function became even more critical during these trying times.

Going ahead, Governments worldwide have a mammoth task of vaccinating their population and would probably

be undertaking the biggest and the most complex logistical challenge. Every government is procuring cold chain

facilities, temperature-controlled vehicles, outlining the rollout logistics of the vaccine. There is an ever-growing

awareness about the importance of quality temperature-controlled warehouses, and we are sure this would

lead to huge investments across the entire logistics sector.

Being amongst the largest third-party logistics players in the country for consumer goods, we had a very active

role to play in distributing and storing essential goods, while being 24x7 on our feet. Our people demonstrated

great strength, grit and determination in rising to the challenge and serving the nation. The organization is

taking great care in following the requisite safety protocols.

Despite the global challenges, we saw a lot of positives in the last year as we embarked upon the journey of

commencing operations in the eastern and north eastern part of the country. The organization is working

towards adding a million sq. feet year on year and broaden its presence in the transportation side of the

business. The organization continues to invest in building its own warehousing assets and expand its footprint

in managing in-plant operations.

We believe we are fortunate to witness exciting times in logistics as this sector is finally getting its due from all

the quarters. We would like to thank each one of you for your continued support, without which this journey

wouldn’t have been possible. Last but not the least, we would like to salute all our people who stood tall with us

in these di�cult times.

Cheers,

Mr. Kapil Premchandani,

Mr. Shyambhai, Mr. Umesh and

Mr. Vishal Premchandani

A NOTE FROM FROM THE FOUNDER's DESK

Our people demonstrated great strength, grit and determination in rising to the challenge and serving the nation.

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COMMITMENT THROUGH THE COVID TIMES

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities

and flaws in every business. It made us introspect if

we really stand for what we claim to be. Through the

mission, vision and value statements, companies tell

the world who they are and what their business

embodies. These statements act as guidelines that

dictate a company’s culture and work ethics. And

during black swan events like an unforeseen

pandemic, these claims are put to test.

There are three mission statements that KDL

embodies. The first being “Providing reliable &

professional services to our customers”. Despite the

countless restrictions during lockdowns, our

company never went on a back footing and delivered

the best of services. This is evident from the fact that

not even a single client lost their trust in us. Rather,

new clients like Kellog’s and Bombay Shaving

Company joined us right in the midst of the pandemic

in May and June respectively.

The second mission statement of KDL states ‘Mutual,

beneficial and long-lasting relationship with our

clients and partners’. Reckitt Benckiser, one of our

oldest clients, deals in hygiene and many other

essentials products. We handled close to 6 lakh cases

worth of 60-70 crores in the prime months of

lockdown like April, May and June.

Our last mission statement states, “Developing our

sta� to deliver the highest level of services”. To

ensure the wellbeing of the sta�, we made sure that

every employee’s house is stocked with groceries

and essentials. If any worker needed medical

assistance, KDL took the responsibility of making

medicines available, quick hospitalization and access

to Covid-19 testing. This helped them work in a

stress-free mind frame and give their best.

The first value statement of our company claims

honesty, integrity & fairness in all dealings. In order

to keep our facilities working, we obtained all the

necessary permissions and did not skip a single

formality. We took villagers under confidence to allow

our employees to report to work. We were patient

and professional throughout.

The second value statement is to provide best value

to customer through continuous improvement. After

on-boarding Bombay Shaving Company in May, we

delivered best results through our supply chain and

IT solutions. Being a tech savvy company that mostly

sells its products on an online platform, providing

them services to manage their order flow and

delivery for both online and o�ine required

sophisticated solutions which were supported by our

latest IT enabled logistics software.

Last but not the least, KDL’s vision statement states

‘To be the most e�cient & e�ective third-party

logistics player in the country’. Without any hesitation

we would like to believe that KDL has lived up to the

company’s vision statement in the toughest of times

and roughest of weathers.

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Human resources are the real resourcesMs. Snehal R. ManeHead Human Resource & Corporate Communications

When pandemic hit India by the end of March 2020, we were gearing up for the

upcoming financial year. After KRA setting, etc were getting finalised. However, due to

the lockdown, we had to cancel or postpone our plans as carrying out the usual work

itself had become very challenging.

Since we had essential goods stock in our warehouses, we had to make sure that

there were no glitches in the operations. We had to manage numerous problems like

getting permits for employees to reach o�ce, operating at 50 percent capacity, etc,

while following safety practices.

Despite the uncertainty and numerous legal and manpower challenges, we simply did

not have the option of lagging behind in our operations in any way. We spread

awareness campaigns to remove misconceptions regarding Covid and boost

employee morale. Right from providing grocery kits, KDL looked after every need of

the employee. Covid testing of employees, hospitalisation of employees in case they

fall sick, everything was taken care by KDL.

Numbers don’t lie andhard work always pays o�Mr. Shashikant BamneProject Manager

Q1 and Q2 was extremely challenging as there was a

complete lockdown. Yet, we managed to keep the

facilities working.

In May, we took over Kellog’s from its previous

service provider. Despite the lockdown, we went live

with the project and handled the project successfully.

Then we received a project from Dover India which

went live in September and was successfully

executed. Some other projects we undertook this

year were Polycab India Pvt Ltd, Bombay Shaving

Cream, Faces.

Our existing customers like RB, Colgate, Castrol,

Delmonte, Abbott have appreciated us heartily for our

services during this tough period.

The numbers in Q3 and Q4 were the highest since the

last few years. After a rocky start, we have finally

picked up the pace and are doing incredibly well. This

year has been the toughest. Yet, we have achieved a

great feat.

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“Best Place to Work”

What is life withoutchallenges?

When the country went through a lock down, the

movement of people and goods became di�cult. But

our management team wasted no time and worked

tirelessly to attain all the permissions from the local

authorities to ferry workers and supervisors to work

place everyday. Every local authority had to be dealt

with a lot of perseverance and diplomacy. Getting

EPass arranged for workers to commute, arranging

commute to the o�ces, obtaining licenses and

permissions from local Gram Panchayats to keep

warehouses open, and countless other formalities

was painstaking. We had to convince the village

authorities of local villages to let our sta� to come to

work by explaining to them how vital it is to keep the

supply chain running smoothly. We had to rework the

shifts schedules and work schedules as we were

allowed to operate with just 50% of work

force capacity.

The management made sure that the employees has

enough stock of food at home by distributing grocery

kits to all. It feels good to be a part of the company

that cares for its clients, sta� and nation equally.

Mr. Suvas KarProject Manager

Mr. Hemant SawantSenior Manager - Operations

When the lockdown was

announced on 23rd March

2020, essential products were

in great demand. Reckitt

Benckiser is one such client of

ours which primarily deals

with hygiene and other

essentials. The services

expected by them during the

lockdown had to be just as e�cient as during normal

days. Initially we faced absenteeism as some sta�

members were unable to travel due to the

restrictions in movement while some others were too

scared to step out. We conducted awareness drives

and communicated with the workforce on one to one

basis taking them under confidence, we obtained

necessary permits to make movement possible.

The sales numbers we clocked were truly mammoth.

Many companies laid o� their sta� or imposed salary

cuts, but I feel proud to say that KDL did no such

thing. We incorporated new ways to work within days

keeping social distancing, constant sanitizing and

other safety precautions in mind.

The experience has been challenging and rewarding

at the same time. I am grateful to be associated with

KDL - The “Best Place to Work”.

Month – Value Cases Handled

Mar – 68.7 Cr 6.14L

April – 58.3 Cr 4.67L

May – 65 Cr 5.45L

June – 72.1 Cr 6.40L

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The game of survivalMr. Samik ChakrabortySr. Vice President - East

Almost everything around us has changed in last few months and we all are going through

a time which exposed us to an unparallel phase of di�culties, in our personal and

professional frontiers for which we were not prepared perfectly.

But all is not lost and surely not the hope. The famous quote of Martin Luther King is very

apt in this situation, “We must accept finite disappointments, but we must never lose

infinite hope”.

We all hoped to turn the tide by our side and gradually it is happening now. The world is

grappling with personal and economic crisis and gradually has started bouncing back to

normalcy, working out new avenues of survival and sustenance.

The supply chain professionals always play a key role to ensure the products across the industries are sourced,

stored and supplied e�ciently. And in an arduous environment, the responsibilities are even higher, as the

innovative and skillful supply chain solutions can not only help many industries to survive but also repair the

economy, adding value further to the daily life of consumers by making things available at their doorsteps.

Those who successfully manage to transform the challenges into opportunities are surely to emerge victorious

in this di�cult time. We all need to work more e�ectively to make rightful observation of the situation, identify

the divergences, make correct plans and act on them, be open to new ideas and opt for the best possible

solutions, optimizing the utilization of all available resources including non-tangibles like our experience,

intellect and skillset.

With disruptions of global businesses and new evolving trends, the opportunity will keep on coming towards

managing the Manufacturing, raw material supply chains, pharma, chemicals and auto components,

electronics and e-commerce where technology will play a key role by integrating the silos and improving

visibility and control with Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

Team KDL has displayed enormous character and courage to cope with the odds and its indisputable that this

team is going to achieve many more milestones in the coming days.

With a clear objective in place, clarity in thoughts, planning and speed in execution we would surely make an

impact which would help us increasing our business share and footprint in the industry.

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Logistics in The Times of PandemicMr. Hrishikesh NarayanDirector - Business Development & IR

Over the years Key Performance Indicator for a supply chain manager has been to reduce inventory days to bare minimum, increase e�ciency and thereby provide cost savings. In this process, supply chain and logistics has become leaner, meanerand fitter.

Cut to 2020 and the worst nightmare occurred in the life of a supply chain manager. Covid-19, an unprecedented disruption took the world by a storm and shook the supply chain industry as a high intensity earthquake would shake the earth. There has been a paradigm shift in supply chain industry and we foresee the following disruptions (some of them are already in place)

1. Production is moving from ‘just in time’ manufacturing to the agile ‘just in case’ manufacturing. Tweaking inventory levels to maintain a reserve against disruptions is the new normal. Businesses are now looking at building resilience and chalking out agile fallback plans.

2. There is a shift from bigger and fewer warehouses to smaller and higher number of storage/distribution locations. The key here is to strike an optimum balance and there by de-risk and mitigate choking of supply chain in the event of any warehouse falling under designated containment zones.

3. During the lockdown, most businesses had no visibility of their stocks as goods were stuck across the country while in transit, in ports and on trucks. At this point of time these lacunae were

highlighted within organisations. The only way ahead was to integrate technology into logistics and increase visibility of goods. Thereby leading to acceleration of technology adoption leading to transformation and digitisation of the manufacturing industry.

4. Logistics players have turned to technology to help them fulfil the growing demand. With contactless and OTP-based deliveries, brands are taking their businesses online and leveraging technology to mitigate the risk and ensure both customers and employees are safe.

5. Logistics aggregators are also assisting in generating new revenue streams for local kirana stores by bringing them online and partnering with some of the giants in the ecommerce logistics space to improve end-user experience. For eg. Zomato and Swiggy both had rolled out grocery and vegetable delivery service.

6. With the vaccine around the corner, there will be increased demand for cold chain logistics and requirement of infra at import export terminals, storage and distribution network

A supply chain business is no longer just about moving packages; it has become a part of key business strategy, to be discussed at board meetings. Logistics now dictates production, sales and marketing plans.

LEADERSHIPSPEAK

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We had a fabulous start to 2020, as we celebrated our

long associations with our clients like Procter &

Gamble, Mondelez and Reckitt Benckiser. We raised a

toast to celebrate how far we have come as a

company and also acknowledged the good times that

lie ahead. Little did we know then what 2020 had in

store for all of us.

2020 unleashed our inner strength, tenacity

and courage.

The pandemic was something we were not prepared

for. It was a war-like situation, with curfew, lockdown

and strict restrictions on movement. Our facilities

were flooded with essentials like medicines, masks,

hand sanitizers and other hygiene products, food and

staples, and they had to be supplied to the citizens of

India. Understanding the gravity of the situation and

the pivotal role supply chain has in these

unprecedented crises, our army of KDL Warriors

unanimously decided that we won’t stop the

operations and serve the country in every possible

way we can. Right from the word “attack”, our army

bravely stood steadfast, obtaining all the necessary

permissions and approvals to enable our

facilities to work 24*7. Risking their own

life and even that of their families, our

team and employees put a brave

front and reported to work

An Army for the CountryMr. Bhaskar RaoDirector - Operations

‘Duty before self’ was the motto our company embodied every day for the many months of the pandemic.

every day, adopted new ways of working

incorporating extreme hygiene and social distancing,

worked overtime on multiple days, helped and cared

for fellow colleagues during the roughest of days.

Were we scared? Honestly, we had no time to sit back

and think about it. With masks as shields, trucks as

tanks and our warehouses as garrisons, we felt like a

small troop of army making sure our country gets all

the necessities delivered.

The courage that our team displayed during these

tough times is incredible. I have never been prouder

to call myself a KDL-ite. I thank you all from the

bottom of my heart for serving the nation selflessly

during such times.

Our bonding as a team is stronger than ever, the

purpose we feel of our work is greater than ever and

we have more conscience than ever.

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West Updates

To strengthen our foray in the West,

KDL added the following new

clients to its portfolio -

Kellogs - Kellogs is a

well-established brand of cereals

and convenience foods. They have their FG

warehouse inside their own plant and KDL bagged

this in-plant business in May’20. Now we manage the

entire 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse, right from FG inward

from the plant to the storage and dispatch. Also, we

provide the transportation for local and

upcountry deliveries.

Faces Canada - Faces is a well-acknowledged brand

of high- quality makeup and skincare products. With

our inhouse WMS, we helped the company making

their entire Case In- Piece Out operation e�ortless.

Also, the re-packing is done at the warehouse itself.

We also handle the delivery of the stock to MT,

distributors and stores like Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle,

etc across Mumbai and Nasik.

Me n Moms - Me n Moms is well known for its range

of products catering to new borns. KDL’s expertise in

handling apparel business helped in bagging the

business for Me n Moms. Our IT team designed a

completely paper-less warehouse operation solution

including HHT based inwards, picking and invoicing

for the warehouse of the company at Bhiwandi. This

warehouse serves as a mother hub and distribution

centre for local deliveries to their stores, distributors,

MT and also for the E-commerce sales through

Amazon and Flipkart.

Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. - Wacker is a

technological leader in the chemical industry and

even manufactures products for most of the key

global industries. KDL won the business for Wacker

in August’20. Currently, we repackage, store and

distribute the company’s specialty chemicals from

our warehouse. In addition to this, we also provide

our vehicles for their local and upcountry deliveries.

Bombay Shaving Company - Bombay Shaving

Company is a big name in mens’ grooming and

lifestyle segment. It is an e-commerce platform,

selling its products through its own website, in

addition to major e-market places such as Amazon,

Myntra, Flipkart, etc. We understood the need of the

company and provided them with an end-to-end IT

solution that integrates all market places with last

mile deliveries to OMS, thereby simplifying the

process of managing orders and delivery tracking.

TVS ASL - In the West zone KDL manages two

business categories for TVS, Car Crew and Delphi, at

Bhiwandi. Currently we are managing the storage

and distribution of all the spares and spare parts of

TVS that are mainly used in light motor vehicles and

heavy motor vehicles.

Shiprocket - Shiprocket is India’s most commonly

used e-commerce logistics and shipping software

solution provider. Currently KDL is managing the

WHAT THE N. E. W. S TELL USThe COVID outbreak brought with itself the twin threats to lives and

livelihood. This period was marked by struggles in meeting the market

demands due to the strain in the supply chain, and manpower deficit. Yet, in

these struggling times, our team combated these issues and with it's

dedication and strong commitment, successfully added new projects to the

portfolio, for the North, East, West and South regions.

West Updates

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Mr. Deepak SadhvaniBusiness Development Manager

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Journey of Shoppers Stop e-com

Mr. G Murli GuthulaDC Manager – WEST

KDL was awarded the

Shoppers Stop’s brick and

mortar business in 2011. After

successfully managing this

business, we were awarded the e-commerce

business for the company, by SSL. This was the first

time ever that an e-commerce business was

introduced at our company.

The operations began with an independent DC of

22,000 sq. ft. and a dedicated inventory to support the

operation. To leverage the brick-and-mortar

inventory for the online customer, we merged it with

the e-commerce inventory, thereby successfully

meeting all the requirements of Shoppers Stop.

We started with 50 orders but after the addition of

Amazon Seller Flex and MAC Cosmetics our orders

shot up to as high as 4,000 orders per day. We even

maintain a 100% TAT rate by ensuring that all the

orders received on the portal, till 2pm, are handed

over to the courier partners, on the very same day.

With recent addition of MAC, we have seen an

increase of another 500 orders per day to our DC. For

MAC, our team has achieved a single day order

processing of 4,000 orders.

Business Award

In the 14th DC Manager Meet of Shoppers Stop, our

company was awarded as the Best fulfilment centre

for Pan India, for the year 2018-19. Through our

consistent quality service, we were able to secure the

award, for the subsequent year as well.

Bhiwandi warehouse consisting

of 2,000 bins with complete HHT

based inward and outward.

Dover OPW - Dover is a diversified global

manufacturer that delivers innovative equipments,

components, consumable supplies, aftermarket

parts, and even software and digital solutions

along-with support services.

Wipro (Yardley Division) - Owing to KDL’s experience

in FMCG segment, the company bagged the business

for Wipro’s Yardley division and even achieved 150%

of their targeted sale, in the very first month, in

addition to a successful transition. The entire

operation is being managed on a 14000 sq. ft. of

ground storage space, currently serving the

distributors of Maharashtra and the stock transfers

on pan India level. We also provide our own fleet of

vehicles for their secondary distribution.

General Mills - KDL feels proud to be associated with

General Mills as their CFA for Bhiwandi. We manage

their Pilsbury Atta, Cake Mix, and Haagen-Dazs

freezers distribution to their distributors in Mumbai,

Bhiwandi and Thane region. The entire operation is

spread over 15000 sq. ft of ground storage.

Seniority Private Ltd. - Seniority Private Ltd. is an

e-commerce company that caters to selling products

largely dedicated to senior community. We

handle the depot operations for the company at

Lonad, Bhiwandi.

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Mr. Ravi DhirwaniBusiness Development Manager

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Family Day

10 years Celebration at Mondelez Depot – WEST

2020 started o� with a big bang celebration at the

Mondelez Depot, as we completed 10 years of this

fruitful association. The celebrations were filled with

happiness and cheer, with award distribution, dance

performances, street play and instrumental music

performances by the sta�and their families.

Keynote address by Mr. Kapil Premchandani, MD,

KD Logistics

Mr. Kapil Premchandani reminisced the days when

KDL first got the opportunity to associate with

Mondelez. In his address, he said, “We started the

Mondelez depot with 33,000 Sq. ft in 2009 and now

10 years later we have moved to an altogether new

facility of 88,289 Sq. ft.

We have had a 12% YOY growth in business at the

Mumbai depot based at Bhiwandi.

The journey itself has been a wonderful learning

experience. Many major changes have been

implemented to provide best services such as:-

• Increase in Ref. vehicles

• WMS Implementation

• Major increase in the pallets stocking position due

to introduction of vertical storage systems.

We hope this association continues, helping us serve

our customers in a better way.

The Mondelez depot Business Logistics Manager,

Mr. Nikhil Jain also spoke about the wonderful

journey of a decade with KDL. He appreciated

management and ground team support during peak

seasons, where extra manpower had to be pulled in

to continue the seamless supply chain requirements.

Kudos to the Mondelez team for this achievement!

1. Mr. Nitin Patil – WMS – Warehouse Management

system implementation during new Depot set up.

2. Mr. Nilesh Thale – Best Shift In charge .

3. Mr. Rajesh Thalke – Labour Mobilization.

4. KDL Transport team – Supported during Depot

set up.

5. KDL Infra team – Supported during Depot set up.

>>> A great start to the year >>> Mr. Kapil Premchandani sharingglorious 10 years of Journey with Mondelez

>>> Mr. Nikhil Jain from Mondelezaddressed & acknowledged theirJourney with KDL

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>>> Alongside where there is music, there is dance.Some of the dance performances by our depot sta�and their families for the audience

>>> Rewarding the deserving

>>> Alongside thedancing, We had somesinging & a specialinstrumental performance

>>> All’s well thatends well

>>> A very special play with a veryspecial message by our team on safety inthe warehouse and in our day-to-day life

>>> Acknowledging the much needed support systems who havehelped us reach so far by supporting us in *Day to Day operation*KD Transport Team *JRV Transport team *KD Infra Team *and our Labour Team

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Family Day

7 years Celebration at Reckitt Benckiser Depot – WEST

Family – a relation that reflects a sense of

belongingness and comfort of the highest order. And

when we forge a similar bond with our colleagues,

they become our family too. We consider every

employee as a family member. To celebrate this

bond, we invited the family members of KDLites to

our Reckitt Benckiser - Bhiwandi warehouse for a

Family Day event.

Mr. Sudershan Kotian, Remote Logistics Manager of

Reckitt Benckiser, was the Chief Guest at the event.

The special invitees were Mr. Kapil Premchandani -

MD KDL, Mr. Bhaskar Rao - Director KDL,

Mr. Dharmesh Sheth - IT Head, Ms. Snehal R. Mane -

Head HR, Mr. Rajesh Chelani - Transportation Head

and Mr. Suvas Kar - Project Manager.

The event started with Deep Poojan by the chief guest

and special invitees. Mr. Kapil greeted the guests with

an inauguration speech. He thanked them for their

services over the past 7 years in the warehouses and

for their contribution in making KDL a successful

business venture. This was followed by an engaging

presentation by Ms. Snehal R. Mane explaining to the

employees’ families in the local language, how a

usual day at KDL looks like.

We had some wonderful dancing and singing

performances. There were many di�erent games

arranged for the guests like musical chair, ball in

basket, quizzes, ball back balance etc. From welcome

drinks and snacks to a sumptuous lunch, the

delectable delights were served by one of the best

caterers in town. The decorations for the event added

to the cheer in the atmosphere. In no time, the RB

warehouse at Bhiwandi had transformed into a den

of fun, laughter, food and cheer.

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COVID Precautions on Shop Floor

Mock Drill – Mondelez Depot

It is our team of “Warehouse Warriors” who worked

tirelessly to ensure all the operations happen

smoothly. While the entire nation went into lockdown,

our warehouse teams were on ground to get the

operations started. As an organization, we value our

work, but what is of paramount importance to us is

our team’s safety. To give our team a safe working

environment, we provided them with safety masks

and sanitizers. We ensured that all members,

including the drivers involved in loading and

unloading, undergo temperature readings and

oxygen level checks, at the time of entry into the

premises. We also propogated the message, asking

the team to follow social distancing and to

wash/sanitize their hands at regular intervals, whilst

working both inside and outside the premises.

Keeping the prevailing issues in mind, our

management team distributed groceries to all our

sta� and labour manpower, so that they don’t face

any scarcity of supplies. And this way we could fulfil

all our safety commitments that we made to

our team.

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“Teamwork is the fuel that allows

us to attain challenging results”

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KDL has been associated with Abbott Nutrition since 2015. It is professionally managed and has provided

excellent service to Abbott Nutrition over last 6 years.

Its team is focused on customer service and on continuous improvement. It is also focussed on quality and

safety in operations and on continuous training of its workforce. It has been a reliable service partner and has

adapted and scaled up its operations to meet Abbott’s standards and scale as required. The team is committed

to meeting customer’s requirements and in the current COVID pandemic has provided un-interrupted

operations despite all odds. I am satisfied with their performance with Abbott.

Mr. Nilesh Vartak

Director - Business Supply Chain

Abbott Nutrition (India)

North UpdatesIn the North, KDL saw addition of new feathers to its

hat through clients like Bombay Shaving Company,

Colgate-Palmolive, Home Lane, P&G, Reliance

and TVS.

Bombay Shaving Company - Bombay Shaving

Company is a big name in men’s grooming and

lifestyle. They have started o� with their own

e-commerce site for selling their products,

along-with selling on all major market places like

Amazon, Myntra, Flipkart, Paytm etc. KDL provided

the company with an end- to- end IT solution to

integrate all market places. Our team also handles

the last mile deliveries to OMS, thereby, helping them

to manage orders and to track deliveries.

Colgate-Palmolive - We successfully started with

Project ColPal on 1st June’20 at Baddi.

P&G - KDL began with P&G business at Dhaturi with

implementation record of 3 days.

Reliance - We won the business for Reliance for

Indore. FC Warehouse was started on 22nd June’20

with a sta� of 85 people and our team successfully

implemented the project in 15 days.

TVS - KDL currently manages two of TVS’s business-

Car Crew and Delphi. We help the company in the

storage and distribution of entire spares and spare

parts that are mainly used in light motor vehicle and

heavy motor vehicles. Currently, the operations are

being carried out in a space of 12,000 sqft in Gurgaon.

Customer Testimonial

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Foray into online world of Logistics

Mr. Nitin PrabhakarRegional Manager - NORTH

Apart from B2C markets we serve the B2B markets

as well. We receive daily orders from Amazon,

Filpkart, Myntra and Nykaa. KDL’s IT enabled supply

chain solutions makes it easier to process orders

from both online market places as well as o�ine

orders from local market.

A joint route planning takes place between our client,

their e-commerce customers and based on that, the

order processing site is decided. We provide them the

liberty to plan the order from our warehouse so that

the product reaches the customer through the

fastest route. Processes are aligned to manage

such variabilities.

During this new era of improving speed-to-market or

integrating technology to cut down on lead times, we

have extended an extra hand to the E-commerce

market, with IT systems.

Bombay Shaving Company is a

pioneer in men’s grooming

segment in India. It is a technology

savvy company, trusted by men’s

grooming digital platforms. They

have a wide range of thoughtfully

curated product lines like shave

care, beard care, skin care and bath

care. They rely on digital channels for sales where

steadfast, agile and expert logistics and delivery

partners are extremely importantly because they

promise last mile delivery at the doorstep of

the customer.

We started our project with Bombay Shaving

Company on 29th May 2020. We went live on 9th

June, when we received our first order. Soon, we

started receiving up to 300 orders online each day.

We built up a capacity of serving 1000 orders per day

and with the relaxation in lockdown restrictions, we

are sure that our orders will clock in the numbers we

were targeting.

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Bhopal Operations Expansion

Regardless of the di�cult times, we continued to

deliver and also extended our support to Amazon and

Reliance. Amazon Bhopal was the first heavy duty

Amazon warehouse to open in India. Our Reliance

Bhopal warehouse was fully operational while

pertaining to proper guidelines and SOP’s and

Reliance achieved a remarkable landmark of

delivering to around 27 locations during lockdown in

comparison to the 14 locations in usual times.

All this was possible only with concerted and

constant improvements in our KPI. The requirements

of extra manpower, space and equipment, all were

taken care of, as per our client’s requirements. With

the maturity of site, the productivity and throughput

also saw a significant rise.

The high commitment of KDL Bhopal has yielded

incredible results with space additions.

Like a typical black swan event,

COVID-19 took the world by

complete surprise. During such

di�cult times as a company we

had a daunting task to safeguard

our operational viability along with

protecting our workers. In such

times, KDL strived to keep up its

performance and successfully added close to 2x

projects in the Bhopal cluster of northern regions,

implementing multiple projects within a timeline of

less than a month. Our success stands on the pillars

of building good relations with client and exhibition of

strong service levels, flexibility, agility and our

incredible team including front-line warriors who

facilitated all the operations successfully.

For our client P&G’s racking project, we transformed

KDL’s facility to a vertical (G+4) one. After going

vertical the site which was originally a DC operation

site, it was converted to a Depot cum DC operation to

cater to local customer orders in addition to Indigo

orders and Upcountry orders.

Due to the lockdown restrictions, most of the P&G

sites were closed. However, P&G KDL Bhopal started

o� with its operations in less than one week of the

lockdown and successfully supported the plant as

well as the company’s pan India operations including

all majorly a�ected regions.

52%

P&G Bhopal

50%

82%

Amazon Bhopal

Reliance Bhopal

Mr. Nitin PrabhakarRegional Manager - NORTH

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Family Day

Celebrations at P&G – NORTH

To every individual, family matters the most. And all

of us at KDL are a one big family. As an organisation,

we believe in instilling a sense of belongingness

amongst our members by integrating their families

with the company. And it is with this thought, we

invited our warehouse sta� and their families, on 2nd

of February’20, to our P&G warehouse at Ghaziabad,

to celebrate the day as “One big family”.

The event saw the presence of Mr. Kapil

Premchandani (M.D.), Mr. Vishal Premchandani

(J.M.D.), Ms. Snehal R. Mane (HR Head), Mr. Nitin

Prabhakar (Regional Head-North) and all the Cluster

Managers and Depot Managers of the North region.

The beginning of the event was marked by lightening

of the lamp by Mr. Vishal Premchandani. All the

people, then stood in unity, for the National Anthem.

Some amazing cultural activities, singing, dance

performances and quizzes, conducted by KDL

Employees and their family, followed. For children,

fun games and activities were planned. And within no

time, the entire room was filled with feelings of

happiness and excitement.

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Mr. Bhaskar RaoDirector - Operations

South Updates

Me n Moms - Me n Moms is a well-acknowledged

brand in baby care products, o�ering a wide range of

products for new born. We started o� with the

operations amidst the pandemic and we identified

serious challenges in this process. We stabilized the

entire operations in no-time. Currently we are

managing a 10000 sqft of warehouse space of

company in Bangalore through our entirely paperless

Warehouse operation solution that also includes HHT

based inwards and HHT based picking and invoicing.

Sarva Foams - Sarva Foams is the manufacturer of

rebonded foam, bonded foam and bond mattresses.

Through Sarva Foams we got the experience in

handling the operations of an entirely new segment

Mattresses. We started the operations amidst the

lockdown period and achieved a major mark of

delivering 15 to 17 blocks with an entirely new team.

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South India is one of the most prominent growth engines of KDL. Our biggest strength is

our Implant Operations, which is also one of the biggest implant projects that we do

at KDL.

A couple of years ago we started with our implant DC operations for one of the flagship

FMCG companies, with just over 10,000 pallet positions. But today, we are operating in the same

premises with more than 23,000 pallet spots under HDR environment. This entire transition was done without

any operations downtime or any safety implications. 80 plus vehicles with 115,000 cases were dispatched in a

single day along-with 10 million Safety man hours. This achievement made this DC a Role Model for all our

other DC’s.

During the beginning of this year, we got an opportunity to work on another business unit for the same

customer. Our team e�ciently transitioned the raw materials and packing materials inventory handling along

with the end of line operations, within no time. From palletization to handover of FG inventory to implant DC, we

handled the entire end to end Inventory management of the FG being produced with the highest of quality and

safety standards.

During the lockdown, we had multiple responsibilities to fulfil like continuing the WH operations for distribution

of essential goods, restarting the manufacturing divisions, aligning the Logistics services, pooling the adequate

human resources and most importantly acquiring necessary approvals, permissions from government, local

authorities, police department etc for seamless business continuity for common public. But together, we

emerged successful from this tough time and even saw addition of some new projects to our portfolio.

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East Updates

We are proud and extremely pleased to announce our

arrival in eastern part of the country. We are happy to

begin this new journey with our clients - P&G,

Modicare and Chep.

P&G - KDL has national patronization and leveraging

the same for our new terrain, we developed a

customer centric customized solution alongwith

local professional expertise, for our client. We started

the operations in October’20 and our execution

involves FTL transportation to the seven states of

Northeast, alongwith critical army CSD depots.

Modicare - Modicare is a leading direct marketing

company in spheres of Personal Care, Agritech

Products, Beverages etc. A strong last mile IT

enabled solution and over 900 plus pincode coverage

helped us successfully bag the Warehousing and

Transportation project. We handle the entire

transportation move across the seven north-eastern

states, including the inter-state warehouse-to-

warehouse and warehouse-to-home transportation.

Chep - “CHEP is a pioneer in the segment of Pallets

and Crates and caters to a wide range of industries

from consumer goods to automotive and industrial

requirements. KDL bagged the business of

Warehouse management for the company. The entire

operations including inspection, repairing and

conditioning all are managed in 25,000 sq. ft

warehouse in Kolkata. This facility, with a processing

capacity of 32,000 orders per month and a

throughput of more than 70,000 transactions, serves

as a hub for the entire Eastern and North Eastern

part of India.

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A warehouse is a hub of various activities comprising of goods,

forklifts, crates, cartons and most importantly human beings, meeting

delivery deadlines and topping customer ratings. With work going on

in 2 shifts amongst hundreds of workers, the safety of humans, goods

and infrastructure plays a pivotal role in Warehouse Management.

At KDL, we make safety our topmost priority. Safety of human

beings, application of right tools and processes is at the heart of

the organization.

We are committed to providing safe and healthy working conditions

for the prevention of work-related injury and ill health of employees

and contract workers by adopting safe and proactive approach during

the progress of work at our warehouses and logistics operations.

We are committed to consultation and participation of employees

and workers from time to time and provide trainings, demonstration

and toolbox talks to the workers on personal and workplace safety

and continual improvement in their Management

and performance.

Most importantly, we ensure these

safety precautions are communicated

well to all the people handling

materials, being in the premises, or

even merely visiting. More so ever,

we have had to consider health

safety due to the ongoing Covid-19

pandemic, to ensure minimal

danger to life.

In the past year, we organized

several training and awareness

sessions on Safety.

POINTS TO PONDER

Safety & Awareness at KDL

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Mr. Avinash MahaleAssistant Manager Safety

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Solar Electricity - One Step towards a Green Footprint

The sun is an undiminishable source of energy - a vast and clean source of energy. Research has proved that

energy harnessed from the sun does not emit any greenhouse emissions. This means that we do not increase

our carbon footprint or leave behind an ugly mess for the next generations.

At KDL, we are highly responsible to the needs of the environment, and the latest installation of Solar Power

panels at our Bhiwandi warehouse is our first step towards embracing renewable energy. We have installed 545

polycrstalline solar panels on the rooftop, having 237460 KWh expected power generation over 1 year. Rooftop

solar panels are more e�cient than grid power and durable, reducing instances of energy interruption.

With this installation, we will generate enough power to sustain all the electricity requirements of the

warehouse. This power can be utilized for lighting, cooling systems, parking lights, etc.

This safe and environmentally friendly power source is our way to contribute to a sustainable future.

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We have entered the Digital Age, proven exhaustively

with the global pandemic. The only industry that

flourished during the last year is Technology, and it is

imperative for every other industry to adapt to newer

technologies. In line with the inevitable growth in the

ECom industry we have made significant

advancements in our WMS to adopt prevalent

Ecommerce ecosystem and best practices. It covers

every step of retail and warehouse management

right from recording online sales on marketplaces,

up until the last mile post-delivery experience of

the customer.

The operations subsumed under this practice are:

1. Order management - When a consumer places an

online order (either on their ow independent website

or any of the marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart,

Myntra, Ajio, etc.), the order is managed and tracked

along with several other orders on a unified platform.

2. Receiving - The inward recording of the stock with

smart-putaway aides in e�cient picking. The

inventory system allows real time visibility of

the marketplaces. Here, two methods have

been developed:

a. The entire WMS inventory is visible on all

marketplaces (minus some reserve stock)

b. A pre-decided percentage of stocks is assigned for

each of the portals (eg: 35% assigned to Amazon,

25% assigned to Flipkart, 25% assigned to Own

Webstore, 15% assigned to AJio)

3. Picking - Our picking strategy combined with per

piece scanning using HHTs ensures e�cient and

accurate picking.

4. Packing - (1) E�cient packing with proper

management of packaging materials aligned with

the product (UOM) units of measurement. These

packing materials include boxes, bubble mailers or

poly bags, packing tape, bubble wrap, air fill, and

other dunnage.

(2) Integration of Shipping Label and Invoice for

orders from the relevant marketplaces.

5. Shipping - Having a variety of trustworthy shipping

partners helps to ensure customer satisfaction.

Depending on the size, weight and specific

requirements of the order, most e�ective shipping

method is determined. One can customize the

strategy to pick from the available last mile

delivery vendors.

6. Return order processing – In the world of ECom,

this is a largely unavoidable component of doing

business and a solid strategy of a good WMS.

Why should you leave it to the experts?

In the last couple of years, there have been a number

of new emergent ECom platforms. Integrating with

each one of these marketplaces requires significant

time and e�ort. These investments might not be the

most astute utilization of an organization’s resources.

We can help ecom companies save a lot of resources

and e�ort. They will benefit from the support,

expertise and technological integrations (with all the

major marketplaces and all major last mile delivery

vendors) that we have perfected with our years of

experience. A major advantage is our logistic

specialization as our facilities are placed in various

locations to save shipping costs and accelerate

deliveries. We scale labour, space and transportation

according to specific business needs.

We have always opted for a technology driven and

forward-looking approach. Competing to supply and

serve the e-commerce market has never been

fiercer. The most crucial element in the success of

ECom fulfilment is the Warehouse Management

Process. Optimizing the warehouse management

activities along with seamless integrations with

marketplaces and last mile delivery vendors is where

we’ve built capacity to ensure best services delivered

on-time to customers.

Mr. Dharmesh ShethChief Technology O�cer

Enhancing E-Com Fulfilment

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Unleashing The Hidden Potential

The Human Resource function is a backbone of any

service Industry. Skilled manpower leads to

e�ciency at the workplace, and thus leads to

organisation growth. AT KDL, we believe in nurturing

talent by providing right atmosphere to learn, train

and perform at cross functional levels.

Every year we add close to 10 + new clients & a

million square feet across di�erent locations. Most of

the employees are hired from local villages and

dealing with rural mindset has its own challenges

and nuances. A minimum hiring pre-requisite is the

right attitude towards work – skills can be moulded

or upgraded, but the right attitude must come from

within. The right person with the right attitude

towards learning, teamwork and sincerity can do

wonders towards achieving goals for the

organisation, and motivating team members as well.

In each of our warehouses, we ensure that On the Job

Training (OJT) modules are deployed and a minimum

number of 2 Mandays of training per employee is

imparted on training and learning. While training

modules are based on SOP’s, soft skills, warehousing

practices, safety practices etc, it helps to gauge the

inner potential of each employee. While in training, or

on the job, competency mapping helps us to mould

them towards a job or skill they are best suited for.

Teamwork, communication, leadership and a keen

sense of learning and understanding of logistics

processes is key to creating leaders and highly

motivated employees within an organisation.

We ensure employees understand and imbibe the

company’s culture of honesty, integrity and fairness

in all circumstances. This helps to create responsible

employees who care for the company’s growth and

are an integral part of its success story. The idea

behind this is to create a family where the company’s

success is their own individual success.

To motivate our employees, we have a Reward &

Recognition mechanism in place for our warehousing

sta�. An appreciation goes a long way in keeping up

the morale of an individual in a mundane or routine

job. We celebrated Family Day where our employees

and their families participate in various cultural

activities. It provides them a platform to showcase

their latent talent. We take great pride in recognising

our employees in presence of their families. This year

we had three such celebrations. These events help

maintain and lower the attrition rate, which is at a

low 3-4% in the warehouses.

In 2021, we aim to create more structured programs

for unleashing the hidden potential of our employees.

The Learning & Development Strategy for 2021 is

being designed towards fulfilling our dream of

starting Skill Development Centres in our

Warehouses. The focus will be on logistics

requirements of customers from various industry

sectors, which are unique for every customer ranging

from size of pallets, storage patterns, order &

dispatch timings etc.

We are geared up for the next milestone in our

journey, and unleashing the immense potential

amongst our employees will only propel us faster

into a brighter future.

Ms. Snehal R. ManeHead Human Resource & Corporate Communications

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Celebrations Galore at KDL

EMPLOYEES' CORNER

At KDL, our Team is our Family. And we believe in celebrating and enjoying

every festival with this family. keeping up with this tradition, we celebrated

Independence Day, Navaratri, Dussehra, and Diwali, in our own unique way,

while pertaining to the social distancing norms.

This Independence Day, we celebrated the e�orts of our

country’s army personnel and our brave KDL warriors who

stayed committed to serve, even in these di�cult times.

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For Navratri we celebrated the festival by adorning dresses of

the nine colors of Navratri that symbolize the unique strengths of

the Devi. We organised a colour code dress contest for each of the

9 days. For the 10th day, a Dussehra Pooja Contest was held. Our

employees participated with a lot of enthusiasm and added

colours to the celebration.

On Ganesh Chaturthi, we decided to go the

“Green Route” and brought home our eco-friendly

Bappa adorned with flowers and durva. Every

year, we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with huge

pomp and fair. This year, due to the pandemic, we

kept the celebrations minimalistic but did not halt

our tradition. Together we prayed to Bappa, our

‘sukhakarta and dukha harta’, to bring us out of

the eminent danger.

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Diwali Celebration

Dussehra Celebration

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With every celebration, we try to make it an engaging cultural

experience for our people. We believe, these festive celebrations help us

to come together and socialise in the real sense, as a respite from the

routine, in channelling our creativity by adding a dash of fun and colour.

People get a chance to bond with each other in an informal setting.

These festivals give us a great opportunity of celebrating the

diversified and the globalized nature of our organisation.

During Diwali, employees got to display their talent and

creativity through the ‘Rangoli Contest’. Festive lights, rangolis

and flowers made the o�ce look vibrant.

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Shreya Varma - D/o Sanjay Varma(Age: 11 yrs)

Christmas CelebrationsSeason’s greetings from KDL family!

A good celebration is the one that is spent among people. And to

celebrate the Christmas Cheer this year, we made an e�ort to

include our employee’s families in our celebrations. We organised

a Poster Competition for the kids. Amidst the waft of plum cake,

adorning our Santa caps, all of us got together and celebrated this

merry season and cherished the spirit of togetherness.

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Here are our Creative Little Artists!

Deboleena Dey- D/o Debabrata Dey (Age: 11 yrs)

Adhyan Tiwari Nephew of Ramkesh Tiwari(Age: 7 yrs)

Yashvi Shetye- D/o Shailesh Shetye (Age: 4yrs)

Subhankita Kar- D/o Suvas Kar (Age: 15 yrs)

Shreyas Varma- S/o Sanjay Varma (Age: 7 yrs)

Sujeet Varma - S/o Sanjay Varma(Age: 4 yrs)

Chirag Shinde- S/o Sachin Shinde (Age: 12 yrs)

Ashvika Naidu- D/o Rohan Naidu(Age: 12 yrs)

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KDL Premier LeagueAs the famous adage goes- “All work no play makes Jack a dull boy”, and to not let this dullness creep into our lives, we at KDL organized our very own “KDL Premier League”, at our Lonad premise, in the month of March’2020. A total of 42 teams had participated from the West zone. We saw an amazing enthusiasm from the ladies in the

house, as well. Out of 42, total 2 teams were women teams. The final match was played between RB Warriors and Mondelez Tigers and RB warriors emerged as the winner for this tournament. The

winning team was felicitated at the award ceremony, in the presence of Mr. Kapil Premchandani, Mr. Hrishikesh Narayan, Mr. Sridar Seshan, Ms. Snehal Mane.

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Thank You for your Commitment, KDL Warriors!A supply chain company is built on the strong shoulders of its workers, lift operators, loaders, drivers and other employees. During the COVID lockdown, all our employees put in their best e�orts facing transportation nightmares but attending on time every day for duty. They risked their own and their families’ health but ensured that supply chain of essentials would not halt.

Appreciating their dedication, the KDL management team Ms. Snehal R. Mane, Mr. Suvas Kar, Mr. Shashikant Bamne, Mr. Vishal Hajare, Mr. Mustafa Mulla, Mr. Anurag Premchandani, Mr. Sudhir Nambiar, Mr. Hanumant Veer and Mr. Roshan Thakur presented them with necessary grocery kits, so that their families back home would be well stocked and would not need to step out of their houses. It was a small gesture, as any kind of reward is not enough to thank such a huge commitment.

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>>> Castrol Retail

66+Grocery Sets

>>> Castrol RMPM

13+Grocery Sets

>>> Del Monte Bhiwandi

22+Grocery Sets

52+Grocery Sets

>>> KDL Infra >>> Marico Bhiwandi

39+Grocery Sets

>>> Nature’s Basket

33+Grocery Sets

>>> KD Transport Division

55+Grocery Sets

>>> Colpal Bhiwandi

52+Grocery Sets

>>> VLCC Bhiwandi

12+Grocery Sets

>>> Abbott Bhiwandi

32+Grocery Sets

>>> Cadbury Bhiwandi

138+Grocery Sets

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COTYCOTY, the world’s largest beauty company, home to a

vivid range of cosmetics, skincare, fragrances and

professional and retail hair care products. And KD

Logistics takes immense pride in being associated

with this brand. Recently, we celebrated a successful

2-year long association with the company. To felicitate

the team and its e�orts, hampers were given to the

sta� members. Our 2-year long association with Coty

has been fruitful and we look forward to continue

serving them.

HUL Highest SalesHindustan Unilever Limited is a well-known FMCG

brand and our most valuable client. As a company, it

is our constant endeavour to serve our clients with

the highest quality of service. And we take pride in

saying this that we have fulfilled our commitment

towards their continuous growth. On January

1st’2020, we recorded the highest sale for the

company, in a single day. We emerged successful in

the FSSAI audit of the government with an

outstanding score of 73 out of 74. On 5th April’2020

we achieved another major milestone - the

generation of our first ever invoice, “the Golden

Invoice”. Even in the tough times our warehouse did

not close, not even a single day! We ensured all

government guidelines and through our team’s

dedication and support, we sailed through

these waves.

AWARDS AND APPRECIATION

HUL Golden Invoice5th April’2020 is a day of immense pride for all the

KDL’ites. This day marked the generation of the first

ever HUL invoice, as we call it- “The Golden Invoice”,

post integration with the company. A Golden Invoice

of Rs 17,49,141 was generated in the system.

Celebrating this proud moment of the handing over of

the Golden Invoice, is our KDL team comprising - Mr.

Sanjay Pawar, Mr. Shivshankar Vanekeri, Mr. Arjun

Verma, Mr. Vinod Malunge and Mr. Mithilesh Kumar.

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NEW JOINEESOur family is growing. It is always a delight to have new joinees on board.

They bring new ideas on the table and have a great drive to work. We are

fortunate to welcome these new joinees as they join us in 2020.

Pramod Kumar AryaBombay Shaving - GurugramCluster Manager

Sunil Suresh MaliReliance Value Format - BhiwandiKey Accounts Manager

Mukesh DevnaniBhiwandiSenior Manager - Operations

Snehal Ratnakar ManeHead O�ce - MumbaiHead HR & Corporate Comm.

Debabrata DeyRegional O�ce - KolkataZonal Transportation Manager

Arghya DebRegional O�ce - KolkataSenior Manager

Anand ParteBhiwandiKey Accounts Manager

Samik ChakrabortyRegional O�ce - KolkataSenior Vice President

Sanjiv SinghHead O�ce - MumbaiDirector - Transportation

Zoheb ChowdhuryRegional O�ce - KolkataKey Accounts Manager

Shashwata DuttaRegional O�ce - KolkataSenior Manager

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Kids in the Spotlight!We at KDL believe that “Art can set you free! It

helps you explore the momentary joys of life.”

Encouraging this spirit of art, we present to you

some great paintings and sketches made by

Ashvika Naidu, D/O Mr. Rohan Naidu.

We appreciate her artistic voice and wish her for

all future endeavours.

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KD Logistics doesn't just provide services, it engineers satisfaction. Within KD Logistics, quality of service is of paramount importance. Each project is treated as an opportunity, as a platform to set new goals. This philosophy has enabled KD Logistics to have customers across the entire life span of its journey so far Pan India. We endeavour to reach a leadership position in each segment of our Services. We are committed to satisfying our customers by providing Quality Service, providing highest value for their money. We commit ourselves to continuous growth and provide a platform for our partners to grow along the way.

Editor - Snehal R. Mane

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