Entrepreneurship and engineering: The triumph of All India Warehousing Private Ltd.

Koul, Saroj and Guha, Ankush (2013) Entrepreneurship and engineering: The triumph of All India Warehousing Private Ltd. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS), 3 (4). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2045-0621

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Abstract

Joy Banerjee and Gaurav Tripathi have recently joined as Managers in the Planning Department at All India Warehousing Private Limited (AIWPL). Their on-job training is completed. They have met with almost all the officials at the warehouse, have interacted with labour to understand the company and its functions, and are planning to meet Kamlesh Patel, their Managing Director, to discuss the challenges and opportunities and to suggest strategies. Will they be able to make a satisfactory presentation to Kamlesh Patel on the company performance and the parameters that are going to be crucial to AIWPL's continued success? This case study may prove useful to practicing managers and management students on understanding the working of a family run private warehouse, business environment in the warehousing sector, use of technology and organizational capability to manage multi-product, multi-location warehouses. Expected learning outcomes To illustrate typical organizational responsibility structure at a private warehousing site. To illustrate the planning and administrative control mechanism in implementing the strategy at a warehousing site. Offer students opportunity to understand and take a view of a typical operational (project) structure. Opportunity for students to speculate adaptations in the wake of ever-changing business and company environment. Opportunity to introduce Logistic Scenario in India, warehousing technology and relate with the case in context.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: India | Profitability | Logistics | Record management | Warehouse
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > Business and International Management
Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > General Management
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Business School
Depositing User: Arjun Dinesh
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2022 05:29
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2022 05:29
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2013-0073
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/2410

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