An Opportunity not to be missed

Presented by
Eshana de Silva
Chairman, Shermans Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.

August 2006
 Agenda
 Background & History
 The company
 SWOT analysis
 Shermans Logistics – Revenue potential
 Fund usage
 Next steps

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 The Vision

Be among the premier

logistics companies in Sri
Lanka by 2010.
 The Mission

To become a synergistic
partner that can create value
by providing integrated
logistics solutions.
 The company
 founded in 2006 with a focus towards total logistics
services
 The brand name has a history of 75 years !
 Services includes
 shipping agency,
 sea & air freight,
 consolidation,
 deconsolidation,
 warehousing,
 supply chain management &
 NVOCC operation.
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 Board of directors
 Mr. Eshana de Silva
 Mrs. Dumeesha Nanayakkara
 Mr. Mangala de Silva
 Mr. Anura Fonseka

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 SWOT analysis
 Strengths
 75 year old brand name (ie: Shermans)
 Brand name is known for reliability and quality

 Able management with many years of experience in

the field
 Freight forwarding client base (via PCCL)

 Corporate membership at FreightNet online

directory
 Professional web presence

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 SWOT analysis
 Weaknesses
 A marketing team to cater the huge market potential
 Able debt collection mechanism

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 SWOT analysis
 Opportunities
 Market size of 3,194,327,500.00 (Rs.3.1bn)
 Country location

 Sophisticated Port

Central Bank Report : 2005 9

 SWOT analysis
 Threats
 300+ players in the market
 Condition of the local economy

 Extra levies etc..

 Regional players (India, Singapore, etc…)

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