Warehousing, 3PL & 4PL Built on 70+ Warehouses in India
Storage, inventory and dispatch run as one accountable operation — 70+ warehouses including cold storage, 320+ locations, and control-tower oversight from a 75-year, debt-free operator.
Safe & Secure Logistics operates 70+ warehouses across India, including cold storage, and runs 3PL and 4PL supply-chain operations for FMCG, pharmaceutical and industrial enterprises. As your 3PL, we manage warehousing, inventory and dispatch on the ground; as your 4PL, we take single-point accountability for the entire supply chain — warehouses, carriers and technology — under one control tower. The network spans 320+ locations in 27 states, backed by 2,700+ owned vehicles and 75 years of continuous operation since 1951.
What warehousing, 3PL and 4PL mean in practice
The terms are used loosely in the market, so we define them by accountability. Warehousing is space plus disciplined operations: receiving, put-away, storage, picking and loading. 3PL (third-party logistics) adds management of the flow — inventory accuracy, order processing, dispatch planning and transport execution — so your team plans demand while ours moves the product. 4PL (fourth-party logistics) is orchestration: we design and run the whole network, including vendors we did not appoint, and answer for end-to-end service levels through a single control tower.
Safe & Secure is unusual in holding the assets behind all three layers. The 70+ warehouses are complemented by 2,700+ owned vehicles — including India’s largest private reefer fleet — 700+ owned 40ft containers, and in-house maritime and customs expertise. When a 4PL plan calls for capacity, we can deploy it rather than subcontract it.
How we run the warehouse network
Inventory management
SKU-level stock accuracy through cycle counting, batch and expiry control, and FIFO/FEFO discipline. Stock positions are reconciled daily against your ERP, so the number in your system is the number on the rack.
Dispatch management
Order-to-dispatch handled end to end: picking, quality checks, vehicle planning, loading supervision and documentation. Dispatches connect directly to our full-truckload and part-truckload operations, removing the warehouse-to-transporter handover that causes most delays.
Cold storage & cold chain
Temperature-controlled storage within the 70+ warehouse network, connected to the largest private reefer fleet in India. Product stays inside one temperature-accountable chain from rack to receiver — detailed under cold-chain logistics.
Above the sites sits the control tower: a central operations team monitoring inbound arrivals, stock health, dispatch compliance and transit status across every location, with exceptions escalated to named owners rather than discovered at month-end.
3PL or 4PL — and when to move up
| Dimension | 3PL engagement | 4PL engagement |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Defined sites and lanes we operate | Entire supply chain, including third-party vendors |
| Accountability | Operational KPIs per site or lane | End-to-end service level, single point of contact |
| Who coordinates vendors | Your team | Our control tower |
| Assets | Our warehouses and fleet | Ours plus incumbent vendors, rationalised over time |
| Commercials | Rate per sq ft, pallet, case or trip | Management fee plus pass-through, with KPI gain-share |
| Typical fit | One region or function outsourced | Multi-state, multi-vendor, compliance-heavy networks |
The honest test for 4PL readiness: if your managers spend more hours coordinating transporters and warehouse vendors than improving product availability, and no single party owns the end-to-end outcome, the network is ready for orchestration. If you have one region and two vendors, a well-run 3PL contract is the better-value answer — and we will say so.
Scope your warehousing or 4PL requirement
Share your SKU profile, throughput and lane list; we respond with a structured proposal, not a brochure.
Who this is built for
FMCG & food
High-throughput distribution with batch, expiry and freshness discipline; ambient and frozen under one operator, dispatch synchronised with 2,700+ owned vehicles.
Pharma & healthcare
Temperature-controlled storage and movement with documented handling, batch traceability and audit-ready records across 27 states.
Industrial & chemicals
Heavy, hazardous and project inventory, supported by DG tanker capability, 700+ owned 40ft containers and in-house customs expertise for import-linked stock. See customs clearance.
How pricing works
We quote from your actual operating profile rather than a rate card. The factors that move the number, in order of impact:
Space: square feet or pallet positions committed, ambient versus cold storage, and tenure. Handling: cases, pallets or MT moved per month, and the labour intensity of your SKU mix. Value-added work: kitting, labelling, quality checks and returns processing, itemised per activity. Transport: lane distances, vehicle types and load factors — estimate these yourself in minutes with the freight rate calculator. 4PL management: a management fee over pass-through vendor costs, with gain-share tied to agreed KPIs so our commercial interest sits on the same side as yours.
Being debt-free, we price for sustainable operations rather than to service borrowings — quotes hold through the contract, not just through the tender.
Coverage
320+ locations across 27 states, with 70+ warehouses positioned on India’s principal manufacturing and consumption corridors, and global corridors served through owned containers and in-house maritime capability. Before you shortlist sites, confirm your origins, destinations and storage points on the pincode serviceability checker — it answers in seconds and flags the nearest operating warehouse to each point.
Why Safe & Secure
The claims are verifiable. Founded in 1951, the group has operated for 75 years and closed FY26 at Rs 1,354 crore (US$160M+) in consolidated revenue as India’s largest privately-held logistics company. The 2,700+ vehicles, 70+ warehouses and 700+ containers are owned, not aggregated — so the capacity we commit is capacity we control. The group is debt-free, family-owned and professionally run, which is why India’s leading FMCG, pharma and industrial enterprises trust us with multi-year supply-chain contracts rather than spot transactions. Fleet and warehouse owners who wish to work within this network can apply through the partner programme.
From enquiry to proof of delivery
- Enquiry. Call, WhatsApp or submit your requirement — SKU profile, volumes, locations and current pain points.
- Network audit. We map your existing warehouses, lanes and vendors, and identify where cost or service is leaking.
- Solution design. Site selection from the 70+ warehouse network, layout and manpower plan, transport plan, and a KPI framework with named owners.
- Commercial agreement. Transparent rate structure per the factors above; 4PL terms include the transition plan and gain-share mechanics.
- Transition. Phased go-live — masters loaded, stock migrated and verified, dispatch rules tested — without interrupting service to your customers.
- Steady-state operations. Daily control-tower monitoring of inventory accuracy, dispatch compliance and transit status, with exception escalation.
- POD and review. Every dispatch closed with proof of delivery; monthly reviews reconcile performance against KPIs and drive the improvement agenda.
Put 75 years of owned infrastructure behind your supply chain
Warehousing, 3PL execution or full 4PL orchestration — scoped against your network, priced against your throughput.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between 3PL and 4PL?
A 3PL executes defined logistics functions — warehousing, inventory management, dispatch and transport — using its own assets and people. A 4PL sits a layer above: it takes single-point accountability for the whole supply chain, orchestrating multiple carriers, warehouses and technology systems under one control tower. With Safe & Secure, the practical difference is scope of accountability — in 3PL you manage us; in 4PL we manage the network for you and report against agreed KPIs.
When should a company move from 3PL to 4PL?
The usual triggers are complexity and fragmentation: five or more transporters or warehouse operators, multi-state distribution, cold-chain or compliance-heavy product, and a management team spending more time coordinating vendors than improving the business. If your team reconciles freight bills from multiple providers and no single party owns end-to-end service levels, a 4PL arrangement with control-tower oversight typically pays for itself in recovered management time and consolidated accountability.
Do you offer temperature-controlled and cold storage warehousing?
Yes. Our 70+ warehouses include cold storage facilities, and they connect directly to India’s largest private reefer fleet within our 2,700+ owned vehicles. That means frozen and chilled product moves from cold store to temperature-controlled vehicle under one operator, with no handover between a storage vendor and a transport vendor. For the transport leg in detail, see our cold-chain logistics service.
How is warehousing and 3PL pricing structured?
Warehousing is typically priced per square foot or per pallet position per month, with handling charged per case, pallet or MT moved. Value-added activities such as kitting, labelling and quality checks are itemised separately. 4PL engagements are usually a management fee over pass-through operating costs, with gain-share against agreed KPIs. We quote against your actual SKU profile and throughput — use the freight rate calculator for transport estimates and speak to us for a warehousing proposal.
Can you take over our existing warehouses and transporters under a 4PL model?
Yes. A 4PL engagement does not require replacing incumbent vendors on day one. We audit the existing network, take over coordination and performance management through our control tower, and then rationalise capacity — retaining vendors that perform, substituting our own assets or partner capacity where they do not. Because we run 2,700+ owned vehicles and 70+ warehouses ourselves, we can backfill gaps rather than merely reporting them.
Which parts of India do you cover?
The network spans 320+ locations across 27 states, with 70+ warehouses positioned on the main manufacturing and consumption corridors. Global corridors are served through 700+ owned 40ft containers and in-house maritime and customs expertise. To confirm coverage for a specific origin, destination or storage point, run the pincode through our serviceability checker or call us with your lane list.
How long does it take to start operations?
A single-site warehousing or dispatch operation on existing infrastructure can typically go live within weeks of commercial agreement, once SKU masters, storage norms and dispatch rules are documented. A multi-site 4PL transition is phased — network audit first, control-tower takeover next, then site-by-site migration — so that service to your customers is never interrupted during the changeover. Timelines are committed in the transition plan before we begin.
Proof of Scale · Since 1951
Backed by numbers, not promises.
India's largest privately-held heritage logistics platform — asset-backed, technology-enabled, and operating at national and international scale.
