siliconindia | | November 20194 siliconindia Vol 08 · Issue 04 - 7 · November, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Avinash Roy Mandvi Sign Manoswita Naha Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Manjunath S SivasankarGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarCorrespondentsSigma Mohanty Subhadarshani MohantyNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran Perumal Abinas Patnaik Ashwini D Naik Sanjana Mohanty Shashi Ranjan As kids, we generally knew of trucks with four tires. But with time, we grew and the number of tires in our trucks too. Not just the tires but the size and functionality of the trucks too have immensely increased from just transporting agriculture and industrial products to more, moving perishable to non-perishable goods across the globe. No wonder that a survey predicts the Indian logistics industry to reach $215 billion by 2020. What is fuelling this growth is tech!But there lies a strong disconnect within the industry, which is why they are not able to turn their profits on to the level they should. The reason being that most of the time, these vehicles while returning from their trip is almost empty. Thus the entire cost of return is usually a burden for the logistic company or the vehicle owner. Hence just like the online cab aggregators, the logistic industry needed an aggregator like Bigtruck who connects the service provider and the customers seamlessly, creating a win-win situation for all. We bring to you their story in our current issue of siliconindia Magazine's `10 Most Promising Online Truck & Cargo Booking Companies ­ 2019'. Read about their journey from start to now in `Bigtruck.in: Creating a Profitable Truck-Transport Ecosystem Powered by Technology `. We also bring to you the story of few other service providers who have been disrupting the industry via their hasslefree service promise. Their offerings are a must to boost the current logistics environment of the company and worldwide. Read to know more about them.Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialMoving India Ahead
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