P@SHA LaunchPad®2013

Smart Supply ChainBy

Humzah Al-Kindi

The IdeaCloud-based Supply Chain Management System with

smartphone apps for small distributors and wholesalers

Retail Sector’s Pain Points

• Tracking• Communication• Paper Work• Data Analysis

Solution1. Cloud-based supply chain

management 2. GPS tracking3. Out of the box smartphone apps4. Reports available5. Surveys and feedback support6. Language support7. Free retailer app

Business Model

• Flexible prepaid and post-paid packages• Easy Payment• Free one month trial

Market Size• Retail Sector

– Retail Potential of Pakistan is $42 Billion. University of Management & Technology, Lahore

– Registered an over 96% growth in 2000 - 2005. – Worth $40 billion in 2012– growing at 5.3%

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics• Smartphone Market

– 105 million SIMs in operation – Smartphone shares 5% of mobile market and rising

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)– “There will be 50 million smartphone users in Pakistan by 2016”,

Ericson Pakistan

Competition

• What Customers Need • What Competition is Offering

Competition

• Our competition is • Their cloud-based solutions are complex to

implement and expensive.• Others require on-site deployment and IT

Infrastructure.• Majority currently don’t provide out of the box

mobile apps for field employees.• Support for Urdu is virtually non-existent.

Bibliography• Economic Impact of Retailing in Pakistan

– Imran Sadiq– School of Business and Economics– University of Management & Technology, Lahore – http://www.umt.edu.pk/icobm2012/pdf/2C-99P.pdf

• Future of retailing in Pakistan – Shoaib Baig– Ex Director Marketing, Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited– Business Consultant, (18, Dec, 2012)– http://www.brecorder.com/supplements/:36th-fpcci-export-awards-2011-2012/1269391:future-of-retailing-in-pakistan/?date=2012-12-18– http://www.slideshare.net/nasirkhankhattak/retailing-in-pakistan

• Why is the retail sector in Pakistan booming?– By Farooq TirmiziPublished: July 11, 2012– http://tribune.com.pk/story/406355/the-rise-of-the-pakistani-middle-class-why-is-the-retail-sector-in-pakistan-booming/

• The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

• Smart phone statistics– http://tribune.com.pk/story/195408/smartphones-not-so-popular-in-pakistan/