The LOGISTICS DIVISION

The LOGISTICS
DIVISION
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OUR ORGANISATION
Integrated
distribution and
logistics
In a context of market globalisation and ever increasing competition,
many companies have chosen to outsource logistics and movement
support activities so that they can concentrate on their core business and
significantly reduce their warehouse management costs.
On the basis of its experience in the organised distribution sector, BRT
Corriere Espresso has set up its own logistical services division which offers
certified and customised outsourcing to any company which wishes to have
a logistics contact point with its own efficient and integrated distribution
network.
Quality of the BRT
organisation
BRT Corriere Espresso has a comprehensive and versatile structure and is
capable of providing a fast, reliable and secure distribution service in Italy,
Europe and the whole world, with no limits to weight, volume or number of
parcels per shipment.
Its wide range of services, the flexibility of its shipment system, the
computerised management of all transport stages, the integration between
operating and computing systems, its real-time information systems, and
its customer service system organised at branch level make BRT Corriere
Espresso the ideal partner of its own logistics division.
LOGISTICS PLANTS
BRANCHES
For the full updated addresses of the branches consult the website www.brt.it
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OUR LOGISTICS
DIVISION
Experience and
technology
Our logistics division can fulfil the requirements of companies who have
chosen to outsource their warehouse and shipment activities, but do not
intend to outsource the supervision and management control of their semiprocessed or finished products.
The organisational reception, internal handling, assembly and shipment
preparation processes are supervised by a specialist software package called
GEODE.
Transparency
and security
The efficiency levels in the work cycle and respect for schedules and agreed
timeframes are documented and can always be monitored on-line.
Using IT tools in real time, which can be fully customised, our customers can
check the levels of undelivered goods, the progress of the processing and
shipment of orders, give new operating instructions and ensure that all the
shipments are carried out and delivered according to the agreed timeframes
and methods.
Our large, modern facilities are equipped with the most appropriate antirobbery, anti-intrusion and fire prevention systems.
Professionalism
and skills
The specialists in our logistics division, who have been working in the industry
for many years, are at our customers’ disposal for analysing every step of the
outsourcing process.
Our commercial proposals are drawn up only after having carefully checked
each customer’s requirements and objectives.
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INTEGRATED
DISTRIBUTION
AND LOGISTICS
Advantages
of integrated
distribution and
logistics
A special characteristic of our logistics division is the complete integration
with its own distribution structure.
The logistics warehouses are adjacent to the main BRT sorting centres to
provide extremely short acceptance, processing and dispatch times aimed at
forwarding shipments immediately.
The range of main and additional services provided by BRT Corriere Espresso
is at the disposal of every customer in the logistics division simply and
independently.
All the information required on the successful arrival of shipments can be
consulted online.
In the distribution area, our IT system allows customers to connect
themselves independently to:
∆ Send the details of outward shipments
∆ Track and trace shipments
∆ Obtain information on possible undelivered goods so as to intervene quickly if
delivery is impossible
∆ Receive information on cash-on-delivery payments so as to check payment
situations and bank balances
∆ Check data concerning invoiced shipments so as to monitor the costs of
shipments delivered analytically and automatically.
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SERVICES OFFERED
1. INWARD
LOGISTICS
Handling supplier orders
Handling finished or semi-processed products ordered directly by customers
from their suppliers with automatic sending to the customer of the rest of the
order in the warehouse (order sent in full, order partially sent).
Handling returns
Customised handling of returns of finished products (monitoring quality,
quantity and repackaging).
Acceptance - Quality/Quantity Control
Handling of the processing cycle with relation to: Reception of goods,
inspection and certification of incoming goods, entry into accounts,
warehouse storage.
Cross docking
Assembly of goods from different suppliers and grouping together in a single
shipment.
2. PRODUCTION
SUPPORT
Preparing kits and packaging
Assembling numerous products and packaging parcels with different
packaging types.
Personalised strapping
Application of security straps on each parcel or pallet (neutral or
personalised).
Packing with plastic film (cellophaning)
Application of a transparent or dark PVC film on individual parcels or pallets to
improve security and/or stability.
Packaging in PVC envelopes (blister packing)
Hot treatment for placing products inside plastic envelopes using grippers or
manually.
Additional processes
These are customisation operations to be carried out on the products
(creating and applying labels or registration numbers, bar codes,
repackaging, item changes or references, etc.).
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3. STOCK
HANDLING
Registration control
Handling the loading and unloading of the registration numbers of each
individual product item.
Production batch management
Identification of products on the basis of the production date or provenance,
so as to manage the traceability in the event of any manufacturing defects or
particular shipment requirements.
Storage
Storage of the products inside the relevant area of the warehouse according
to the physical characteristics of the products.
Traceability
Locating the position and movements of every single code that has entered
the warehouse (in real time).
Regular inventories
Regular check of the physical and accounting existence of each product.
Warehouse management according to F.I.F.O., L.I.F.O. and F.E.F.O. criteria
Management of warehouse inventory according to rotation criteria. The three
acronyms mean, respectively: “first in first out, “last in first out” and first
expiry first out”.
Inventory management
Accounting and physical management of the inventory loading and unloading
operations.
Reference, size, colour management
Preparation of orders based on the characteristics of each individual item.
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4. OUTWARD
LOGISTICS
Portfolio management and order preparation
Processing and sending all shipment orders received by the customer.
Parcel preparations with radio frequency certification
Handling packing with every single item scanned using radio frequency
scanners.
Labelling parcels with barcodes
Production of customised bar-coded labels.
Parcel preparations with automatic sorting
Management of numerous product codes in the same order and subsequent
packaging of the same codes in a single package using an automatic sorter,
which can handle 160 parcels per production cycle and with a packaging
speed of over 5,000 items/hour.
Making mixed parcels with packing list
Packing different products in a parcel, whose content (codes and quantities)
is identified on a list to be applied to the outside or inside of the parcel.
Heat-shrinking parcel cellophaning
“Hot” application of a transparent plastic film, which increases the security
and solidity of the package.
Customised waybill with customer transport document
Electronic production of a customised waybill and relative integration with
customer transport document. The delivery receipt can be viewed on the
internet the day after the delivery date (P.O.D. Image).
Vehicle load certification with optical scanner
Load certification of parcels by scanning their parcel label.
Invoicing on customer’s headed paper
Possibility to print the invoices on the customer’s headed paper.
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5. DISTRIBUTION
AND DELIVERY
Connection with the distribution network
Once the preparation stage is over, the routing takes place: the parcels are
taken to the shipment warehouse of the nearby BRT branch.
Reliability certification and statistics
Possibility to certify all the performance levels relative to integrated
distribution and logistics processes.
On-line tracking
Possibility to check all stages of the order sending process: reception,
preparation, loading onto vehicle and delivery to the customer.
Express service for all shipments
Fast and reliable delivery of all product types: from envelopes to pallets.
Express Service
Delivery guaranteed within 24 hours from collection in all provincial capitals
and hinterland.
Priority Service
Delivery guaranteed by 12:00 on the day after collection day in approx. 3,000
locations i.e. 70% of the productive, commercial and residential territory
within the country.
And when it is even more urgent...
10:30 Service
Delivery guaranteed by 10:30 on the day after collection day in over 1,500
Italian locations of great commercial interest. This service is suitable for
shipments up to 250 kg weight and 1m3 volume.
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Our logistics plants ∆ Bologna Logistica, Crespellano Logistica, Milano Albairate Logistica, Milano Cevedale Logistica, Milano Landriano
Logistica, Milano Sedriano Logistica, Napoli Logistica, Padova Z.A.I. Logistica, Rovigo Logistica, Torino Logistica, Valdarno Logistica, Verona
Logistica.
Our branches ∆ Valle d’Aosta: Aosta. Piemonte: Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Borgomanero, Bra, Cuneo, Gravellona Toce, Ivrea, Moncalieri,
Novara, Torino Grugliasco, Torino Orbassano, Torino Pescarito, Torino Sud, Vercelli. Lombardia: Bergamo Grassobbio, Bergamo Osio,
Brescia, Brescia Centro, Casei Gerola, Como, Cremona, Desenzano, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano Albairate, Milano Bovisa, Milano Certosa,
Milano Cinisello, Milano Landriano, Milano Liscate, Milano Mecenate, Milano Sedriano, Milano Segrate, Monza, Sondrio, Varese Gemonio,
Varese Malpensa. Liguria: Genova Cornigliano, Genova Fegino, Imperia, La Spezia, Savona. Veneto: Bassano, Belluno, Padova Est,
Padova Interporto, Padova Messaggeria, Portogruaro, Rovigo, Salzano, Schio, Treviso Casale sul Sile, Treviso Villorba, Venezia, Verona
Bussolengo, Verona S.G. Lupatoto, Verona Z.A.I., Vicenza. Friuli: Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste, Trieste Aurisina, Udine. Trentino: Bolzano,
Bressanone, Merano, Rovereto, Trento. Emilia Romagna: Bologna Interporto, Bologna Roveri, Cattolica, Cesena, Crespellano, Faenza,
Ferrara, Forlì, Imola, Modena, Parma, Parma Messaggeria, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini. Toscana: Arezzo, Empoli, Firenze
Calenzano, Firenze Osmannoro, Firenze Valdarno, Grosseto, Lucca, Piombino, Pisa Centro, Pisa Lavoria, Pistoia, Prato, Siena. Umbria:
Città di Castello, Foligno, Perugia, Terni. Lazio: Cassino, Frosinone, Latina, Pomezia, Roma Aurelio, Roma Casilino, Roma Centro, Roma
Eur, Roma Fiano, Roma Fiano 2, Roma La Rustica, Viterbo. Campania: Atena Lucana, Avellino, Castellammare di Stabia, Napoli Casandrino,
Napoli Centro, Napoli Marcianise, Napoli Nola, Napoli Nord, Salerno. Marche: Ancona, Ancona Centro, Civitanova Marche, Jesi, Pesaro,
Porto d’Ascoli. Abruzzo: L’Aquila, Pescara, Teramo, Termoli. Molise: Campobasso. Puglia: Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, Lecce Sud, Taranto,
Trani. Basilicata: Matera, Potenza. Calabria: Catanzaro, Castrovillari, Cosenza, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia. Sicilia: Agrigento, Caltanissetta,
Catania, Marsala, Messina, Palermo, Palermo Ovest, Ragusa, Siracusa. Sardegna: Cagliari, Cagliari Elmas, Olbia, Oristano, Porto Torres.