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Dedicated and shared-user, ambient and temperature-controlled warehousing of ready-for-sale merchandise - including order processing, inventory management, pre-retailing and other added value services. Most finished goods warehouses act as distribution centres, in which stock is split and recombined for delivery to retail outlets, etc., in accordance with orders received.
Our sophisticated finished goods warehousing solutions offer customers:

  • higher service levels
  • improved inventory management and stock accuracy
  • shorter lead times
  • reduced inventory obsolescence
  • increased productivity
  • greater responsiveness to its strategic objectives
  • fast and reliable start-ups
  • flexibility to allow volumes to grow and fluctuate
  • unrivalled IT and electronic business integration know-how
  • the recruitment, training and motivation of workforces
  • transfer of industry best practice from other sectors and regions.
We also handle the design, implementation and operation of both dedicated and shared-user sites - including narrow-aisle, high-bay, temperature-controlled, automated, semi-automated, hanging garment, bonded, rail-connected and mezzanine, as well as sector-specific and conventional warehousing.
Whether warehouses or distribution centres are provided by us or managed on behalf of our customer, we aim to ensure they are integrated into the wider supply chain, and that they meet the most demanding service levels.
Services include:

  • warehouse/distribution centre design and consultancy more
  • shared-user and dedicated operations
  • receipt and put-away
  • barcoding, RFID tagging and labelling
  • storage
  • inventory management and optimisation
  • picking (unit, case and pallet), packing and despatch
  • ambient, chilled, frozen, deep-frozen and composite operations
  • value-added services (e.g. labelling, and pick-and-pack) more
  • customs/bonded warehousing
  • rail-connected warehousing
  • automation and auto-sortation systems
  • provision of IT solutions (e.g. WMS and interfacing)
  • cross-docking
  • returns processing
  • recycling of packaging, end-of-life (EOL) products and waste materials
  • re-usable transit equipment management.

Dedicated Warehousing

Dedicated warehouses and distribution centres are devoted to handling merchandise for a single customer. At DHL we manage and operate dedicated local, national (NDC) and regional distribution centres (RDC). RDCs may serve one area within a country or a group of countries.
A special example of the latter is the European distribution centre (EDC) - a mega-warehouse holding all European stock for a customer prior to distribution to the active countries. Such stock may be held in generic form (i.e. as common product) for subsequent customisation by DHL for particular local markets. more

Shared-User Warehousing

We provide a network of shared-user warehouses and distribution centres enabling our customers to hold inventory at a local level more economically than possible with dedicated operations. These facilities can receive product from both local and global manufacturing sites - and provide downstream distribution. more
We provide shared-user warehousing services for leading manufacturers and retailers of medical supplies, consumer products, industrial equipment, chemicals, technology and other products.
Through sharing resources - including space, overheads, labour and equipment - our customers benefit from synergies that can significantly reduce supply chain costs. Such solutions are particularly suited to smaller businesses requiring distribution operations without long-term lease or capital commitments, or larger enterprises handling a new acquisition, product launch or seasonal overflow.

Campus Solutions

DHL pioneered the campus model where shared-user warehouses / distribution centres are strategically located close to large concentrations of consumers. This approach offers regional customers with similar distribution channels flexible logistics solutions, designed to exploit synergies, minimise labour costs and increase asset utilisation. more
For more information, please contact DHL Exel Supply Chain

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