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Safexpress
Private Limited the leading player of Indian Logistics Industry
participated in the Indian Medical Association’s Annual
Conference held on 12 April at Toshali Sand Resorts in Puri,
Orissa. Safexpress made a presentation to the Indian Medical
fraternity on ‘The importance of Supply Chain and Logistics in
Health Care Industry’.
IMA
(Indian Medical Association) came into existence in 1928. IMA is
an association of doctors representing more than 1 lac doctors
all over India. This apex body’s primary objective is to
safeguard the interests of medical professionals and the medical
fraternity at large.
IMA
is the largest and the only Medical Association of its kind,
which has its elected representatives from all over the country.
The number of these representatives is more than 200. These 200
Doctors from the across the country, elected by IMA practically
represent the complete Indian Medical Community. These doctors
are elected from every Indian state and come together once every
year at the annual meet. The IMA Annual Conference 2008 provided
these 200 doctors a common platform to discuss issues affecting
the Indian Health Care Industry.
The
biggest issue at the IMA Annual Meet was identified as the role
of Logistics in the Health Care Industry. IMA, the apex body of
the entire medical fraternity and Safexpress, the No. 1
Logistics Company in the country for the first time ever decided
to come together to promote the thought process for having a
proper Logistics channel in place with respect to the Health
Care Industry.
Mr.
Pawan Jain, CMD, Safexpress on the sidelines of the annual meet
stated that “Health Care Industry is a US $40 billion industry
in India and is expected to grow to nearly US $80 billion by
2012. Safexpress and IMA have been working together to mobilize
the very perspective that Organized Logistics is imperative for
the success of effective Health Care distribution.
The purpose of being a part of this conference was to
disseminate information on the crucial role that Logistics can
play in the Health Care Industry. The Logistics Industry can
provide super-specialized handling of the healthcare product
through a strong cold chain in addition to faster transit time
and TAT.”
Safexpress
is India’s No. 1 Supply Chain and Logistics Company. The
company offers the best and most innovative solutions for all
SCM and Logistics requirements. Their services are totally
customized as per the demand of different sub-segments of the
healthcare industry. Courtesy their wide range of quality
services, Safexpress has set a benchmark in SCM standards and
redefined the functioning of Indian Logistics Industry. Growing
at a phenomenal rate of over 30 percent in the last couple of
years, Safexpress achieved an annual turnover of Rs. 500 crores
in the FY 2006-07. The company is targeting revenue of Rs. 1000
crores by the year 2010.
April 2008
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