ANALYSIS OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND A PROPOSED SOLUTION: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The problem described in this report refers to the inefficiency in the Indian Transport system arising due to high fragmentation in the industry and a gap between the demand and supply in the market. A primary as well as secondary research was conducted to study the issues and a thorough verification was done. There were a couple of issues that were majorly identified but the fragmentation issue was studied in detail. Proposal The report proposes a solution to the problem stated above. The proposal proposes the setup of a transport marketplace that would help to bridge the gap between demand and supply of transport service. The proposed name of the company is Fataakship.com .The platform provided by the company would help the transporters search for consignment owners and vice versa and facilitate a smooth business between both of them. Service Concept Fataakship.com would be used by transporters as well the consignment owners to increase efficiency of their business. The transporters would bid their lowest price for the loads posted by different consignment owners based on their requirement of load. The owners would then evaluate and select a bid based on the freight rate and star rating of the transporters. A supplementary service named Expresstruck will also provide an opportunity for transporters to maximize their profit and load utilization by posting unused or empty space in their moving or ‘about to leave the destination’ truck.