Imported coal prices have been on the declining trend for the last three months and have come off almost $25 since January and about $35 from the peak levels in July/August 2018, says ES Reddy.

Indian cement industry has already crossed several milestones on energy efficiency and sustainability parameters.

In the next 10 years (next decade), enterprises will tend to have an employment model where the permanent workers which presently is nearly 30 per cent will fall further and become 10 to 15 per cent of the workforce.

From learner to leader: See how Shree Cement with the help of automation, machine learning and predictive analysis has optimised its supply chain management.

In India quite many enterprises from 1990 have undertaken lean manufacturing or lean production, which is a systematic method for waste minimisation dealing with (Muda) within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity.

The year 2018 saw a wave of freight digitisation and investments across the industry.

Though Indian cement manufacturers are adopting automation in certain pockets in their manufacturing process, soon adopting the comprehensive and latest Industrie 4.0 technologies is the way forward.

India is the world's second largest region for cement - both in terms of production and consumption. Growth in the cement industry is driven by investments in infrastructure, housing and urban development.

The logistics sector is fundamental to the development of a country. Logistics is a sector where the trend is determined by the country's overall economic performance.