Pentagon Group’s Pentagon International Freight Solutions Pvt. Ltd (PIFSL) is a global forwarding entity offering integrated logistics solutions.
The ocean and air growth in the international markets of PIFSL has seen significant rise, and in the recent one year it has expanded its footprint in India and overseas so as to enable it to cater to large corporate entities and also the larger market segment of SMEs looking for logistics solutions in niche markets domestically and overseas. Expanding its reach to the hinterlands with door-to-door services, coupled with digitally enabled seamless solution will be the USP of PIFSL. Towards this capability, strategic guidelines are being set in place.
Pentagon International Freight Solutions has announced its strategic tie-up with Emiza, a tech-enabled 3PL that offers multi-client warehousing and fulfilment solutions to both offline and online customers. Emiza’s state-of-art fulfilment centres pan-India are equipped with a sophisticated warehouse management system which is connected to both e-commerce marketplaces as well as the ERP systems of companies, allowing them to seamlessly manage both their online and offline business from one single location thereby optimising inventory. Emiza is empowering brands like Swiss Military, iBall, Chicco, St. Botanica, The Mom’s Co., Mama Earth, etc. with superior warehouse and inventory management solutions.
The CMD of Pentagon International Freight Solutions, Mr Paresh Bhanushali, and the CEO, Mrs Shantha Martin, have been working on deriving synergies from strategic tie-ups and this collaboration with Emiza will enable them to jointly extend the warehousing solutions to their clients and also cater to the international freight movement by ocean and air. The strategic partnership is aimed at providing customers in the country the best customised warehousing solution along with international freight movement with efficient first and last mile connectivity.
Further, Mr Bhanushali is looking at investing in technology to enable clients to have seamless operations and build scale for the growing number of entrepreneurs in India.
The CMD of Emiza Supply Chain Services, Mr Ajay Rao, has expressed optimism in terms of honing the ability of Emiza to cater more efficiently to its large corporate clients through this strategic tie-up. Emiza has recently expanded its facility in Bhiwandi, Mumbai and has several more expansions on the anvil.
Mr Paresh Bhanushali, Mrs Shantha Martin and Mr Ajay Rao have expressed their gratitude to their current clients and well-wishers and are hopeful that as they step into the year 2020, the integrated team of PIFSL and Emiza will deliver enhanced efficiency in movements of cargo to and from international markets, and also domestically with a penetrating reach into the hinterland, through digitally enabled services.
