KGX held a soft launching of KGXpress Point simultaneously in 24 Indonesian cities virtually, Monday, November 23, 2020. The live show soft-launching by KGX Director Amelia Angelica and Vice CEO of Kompas Gramedia Jayant Bhargava in Jupiter Room, Kompas Gramedia Palmerah Selatan Building, was broadcast live through KGX Instagram account and followed by KGX employees via Microsoft Teams live streaming. "Logistics Opportunities in pandemic period" was raised as the theme of this event.
Jayant Bhargava, in his speech, stated that the launch of KGXpress Point is a manifestation of the hard work of all KGX elements and will not achieve success without such cooperation. He called the potential of KGX in the future very convincing.
"Logistics is a challenge in e-commerce and digitalization. We believe that in the next decade, KGX will get better. One of the strategic steps in 2021 is to increase the reach throughout Indonesia. Therefore, the existence of agents is very influential in order to improve kgx performance in logistic digitalization," said Jayant.
In line with Jayant, Amelia Angelica invites all partners to be able to work together to develop KGX into the best express and logistic company. "In addition to the launch of KGXpress Point, today there is also a rebranding of the logo, which in it explains KGX's business in the form of logistics and express," added Amelia.
Also attending the event was Co-Founder & Director Gramedia.com Adi Ekatama as a speaker in the talk session. He explained that even in a pandemic situation, which for some people is considered a disaster, we must still be able to take advantage of every opportunity available. Gramedia.com with the development of e-books.
"Because face-to-face activities in schools are still eliminated, we offer textbooks in electronic form (e-books)," Adi said. In addition, Gramedia.com also integrates physical bookstores throughout Indonesia with digital platforms.
"This means that if there are book buyers from Medan doing transactions through digital platforms, then the delivery of books does not come from Jakarta but from the nearest stores located in Medan," explained Adi.
He also said that in this digital era, we must be able to utilize customer databases to market sales products. "We try to use the data we have. Examples during this pandemic Gramedia.com often hold webinars, from the data we can target customers that we will offer sales products," he explained.
The enthusiasm of the participants to this event was evident from the many questions and expectations submitted to KGX management. This advice and hope will certainly be followed up as the foundation of success and smooth business KGX.
"These inputs are what we desperately need, KGX management to improve the quality of performance together," Amelia continued.
There are also many questions submitted by consumers through agents about breakthroughs and innovation programs that can be the advantage of KGX to compete in the midst of increasingly tight logistics competition.
"All suggestions and inputs will be followed up with the relevant team. Some inputs have also been discussed and we are preparing. Hopefully, it can be done soon," concluded Amelia. (*)