What an ad!

Bajaj Pulsar makes wonderful ads. Yes it is a statement. Look at this one. Carries a thump and zing, aimed at the young generation.

Push back please

Traveling has never seemed more costly. An usual Volvo customer I found a big difference last week. Most of the seats in Volvo were empty!

The sales at private travels in AP has registered a 10% decrease in demand for Volvo ticket sales. Most of the times the A/C Volvo travels costs 80 to 100% more than a regular push back bus. So where does this population go? Most of them have shifted to trains which provide a more convenient comfortable option at a cheaper price. Call it cost cutting, recession, job losses or just a change in trend.. it is visible. With in the bus all items have become costlier, DVD choices wider, staff friendlier... The last ten seats are what get converted to profit in a Volvo and if they aren't filled its a loss trip. Hence travel service owners are considering a reduction in prices to keep the charm and traffic consistent. The pain is reduced as the fuel prices have come down a bit. Or else I need to book a train ticket or push back.

"Bangalore busses are never vacant," I hear, "as they are full of IT personnel." The staff are hoping it would pick up faster... may be by Deewali. Amen.

Wanted Drift Sequence

Wanted trailer.
A must see.

Logistics Management

From time immemorial, even before the invention of the wheel, man has been busy travelling in search of food, place to live and out of sheer curiosity. Therefore the history of logistics is the history of man. On his travels he was exposed to situations where he had to carry food and other necessities of life to ensure survival. For carrying initially he used his hands and later developed carriers like bags, pouches and strings to hold items together. Later with the domestication of animals he had an alternative.

As the distance increased the weight and the number of items he needed and carried increased. Thus began his search for a system to handle his luggage. The search continues to this day!

Over the last few thousand years man has found out that he needs to carry few things that are needed and things which he can’t get at the place he is going to travel. Everything needs logistics service. Transportation, military, production, communication, businesses, etc. are all dependent on logistics to ensure a proper supply and continuity.

It’s said that Napoleon was defeated by the lack of good logistics. If the great Pyramids stand in the seven wonders of the world it is due to the excellent logistics solutions available in Egypt for the movement of the huge rocks, people, food and other utilities. Our own Taj Mahal was built by more than 52000 workers from over 24 different countries, 15000 horses and donkeys, 80000 cattle, 1000 elephants over a period of 12 years. Lack of proper logistics to control a country so big and population so vast was one of the reasons which drove the British out of India.

Man realised the need for a logistics service long ago and developed it as a science and an art called Logistics Management.

Drive Safe

Pics: Blue Earth

Traffic 2050?

Toon: Kashif

MMTS

With the hike is the price of fuel, people are shifting to alternative transport systems. In Hyderabad the people commuting by train from one part of the city to the hitech city where many offices are located has increased a lot. MMTS tains are no longer free and are clogged with passengers. And the trend is increasing. The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to increase the frequency and the number of bogies. Hope the traffic vows come down and accidents become history.

Pic: Hyderabad Times