We recently met Mahindra Logistics (MLL) CFO, Yogesh Patel, to get a sense of the rising importance of the third party logistics (3PL) business and MLL, in particular, in the GST era. MLL is one of the largest 3PL players in the country, with over 350 clients. The company is primarily into providing customised logistics solution to clients, while at the same time staying asset light, as assets required for the operations such as vehicles and warehouses are owned by ~1500 business partners (~1000 business partners in SCM and ~500 in PTS business). On the business front, MLL...