Many of the leading firms in the Indian automotive component industry have an efficient logistics management system. Having an efficient logistics management system is no longer a choice but a necessarily for these firms considering the global opportunities that have opened for this industry. The Indian automotive component industry has shown tremendous growth over the last decade. Today it has 480 companies, employees more than 2,50,000 people and has an estimated turnover of approximately Rs 45,000 crore (US$ 10 billion). On export front also, the industry has grown by leaps and bounds, generating an overseas sales of to Rs. 8,190 Crores (US$ 1.8 billion) in 2005-06, which is nearly three times of what it exported in 2001-02 (US$ 578 million)1.