Nestled in a lane off Richmond Road, a busy business district in Bengaluru, is a 3,000-square foot stocking and fulfilment centre (FC) of MedLife Express, a division of e-health firm MedLife.
As is the case with any FC, the place is thronged by delivery executives and courier vans churning consignments of retail medicines, day in and day out. But what makes this centre unique is that it is said to be the fastest in the country, in terms of handling the consignments. Nine out of ten orders from this facility are processed in less than five minutes.
The facility is