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    1) Amul follows a distinctive transportation model to efficiently move perishable goods like milk and dairy products from villages in Gujarat to over 1 million retail outlets across India. 2) Milk is collected from villages by farmers and transported to manufacturing units, where it is processed and sent to depots across the country. Products are then distributed to wholesale distributors and retailers through a network of over 3,600 distributors. 3) Amul uses trucks, refrigerated trains, and smaller vehicles like auto-rickshaws to transport products according to temperature controls at different stages of the supply chain, helping ensure products reach consumers while maintaining quality.

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    1) Amul follows a distinctive transportation model to efficiently move perishable goods like milk and dairy products from villages in Gujarat to over 1 million retail outlets across India. 2) Milk is collected from villages by farmers and transported to manufacturing units, where it is processed and sent to depots across the country. Products are then distributed to wholesale distributors and retailers through a network of over 3,600 distributors. 3) Amul uses trucks, refrigerated trains, and smaller vehicles like auto-rickshaws to transport products according to temperature controls at different stages of the supply chain, helping ensure products reach consumers while maintaining quality.

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    1) Amul follows a distinctive transportation model to efficiently move perishable goods like milk and dairy products from villages in Gujarat to over 1 million retail outlets across India. 2) Milk is collected from villages by farmers and transported to manufacturing units, where it is processed and sent to depots across the country. Products are then distributed to wholesale distributors and retailers through a network of over 3,600 distributors. 3) Amul uses trucks, refrigerated trains, and smaller vehicles like auto-rickshaws to transport products according to temperature controls at different stages of the supply chain, helping ensure products reach consumers while maintaining quality.

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    1) Amul follows a distinctive transportation model to efficiently move perishable goods like milk and dairy products from villages in Gujarat to over 1 million retail outlets across India. 2) Milk is collected from villages by farmers and transported to manufacturing units, where it is processed and sent to depots across the country. Products are then distributed to wholesale distributors and retailers through a network of over 3,600 distributors. 3) Amul uses trucks, refrigerated trains, and smaller vehicles like auto-rickshaws to transport products according to temperature controls at different stages of the supply chain, helping ensure products reach consumers while maintaining quality.

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    Amuls Transportation and Logistics

    Amul follows a distinctive transportation model as far as its transportation is concerned.The


    major production units of Amul are located in Gujarat. Major distribution hubs are located in
    and around the periphery of the production units. Since Amul produces majorly perishable
    goods, it becomes mandatory to follow a proper and smooth transportation of goods. Physical
    distribution is a very important part of the whole business.
    Milk is procured from the villages and collected at the Village Co-operative societies (VCS).
    From there milk is taken to the manufacturing units where the milk is processed into various
    products. The products are then transported to the company depots located in various parts of
    the country. The products are then sent to the wholesale distributors (WD) and from there to
    the retailers. It is then available in over 1,000,000 retail outlets across India through its network
    of over 3600 distributors. While for Amul pouch milk, there are 17 distributors. The wholesale
    distributors carry inventory that is just adequate to take care of the transit time from the branch
    ware house to their premises. This just-in-time inventory strategy improves the distributors
    ROI.
    There are two channels involved in the supply chain of Amul.
    1) Upstream channel i.e. the procurement channel for milk from the farmers to the
    manufacturing units
    a. First the milk is taken to the VCS by the farmers on foot or bicycles in small
    quantities. The new VCS in Maharashtra have rapid milk chillers.
    b. Then milk is transported from co-operatives to the manufacturing units via
    special trucks equipped with tankers to carry milk once a day. A tanker carries
    three to four societies milk together which helps in achieving economy in
    transportation of milk. Geo-remote sensing based vehicle tracking system has
    been put in use for efficient handling of Road Milk Tankers carrying milk to
    Dairy Plant.
    2) Downstream channel i.e. the distribution channel from manufacturing units to
    retailers
    a. First the products are taken from manufacturing units to the depots. This is
    done by using 9 to 18 MT trucks. The frozen food is kept at a temperature
    below -18C, while milk is kept between the temperature of 0-4C

    b. From depots to the WDs the transportation is done using insulated 3-5 MT
    TATA 407s. A permanent dispatch plan (PDP) is prepared as per the demand
    of various products
    c. Finally the goods are to be transported from the WDs to the retailers. The beat
    plan is prepared and the transportation is done by auto-rickshaws, rickshaws
    and bicycles
    The vehicles have a carrying capacity of 750-850 crates and one crate consists of 40 pouches of
    500ml each. The vehicles start leaving the plant at 19:00. All the crates which are placed in the
    vehicles have some ice cubes in them, so as to increase their shelf life. The truck drivers are
    responsible for the loading and unloading of the crates.
    Aside from using the fleet of trucks , Amul has also integrated their transport system with
    railway cooling units to improve transport cost and its supply to Delhi. It has tied up with
    Adani Logistics to have a dedicated train to transport milk daily from Dudhsagar Diary of
    Mehsana to Delhi. This train transport uses 50 wagons with a capacity of 24,000 litres each
    Amul has more than 49 depots with dry and cold warehouse for entire storage of products
    and the largest cold chain network in India with 18000 refrigerators
    Milk is a product which has time band for consumption; hence it needs to reach the retailers
    early morning. For up-country distribution, the dispatch time of milk is between 3-8pm,
    depending on the location, while for local distribution in Ahmedabad the dispatch timings is
    between 8pm to midnight. The location of the trucks are monitored through cell-phones.
    While distribution, is the transportation vehicle breaks down, it is the transporters
    responsibility and he arranges for a back-up to minimize delay.

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