E-commerce

Online retail loads the operation unevenly: a handful of days a year carry several times the average volume. The logistics has to be built for the peak rather than the mean, while also absorbing a return flow that in some categories runs into double-digit percentages of despatches.

Racking inside a distribution centre
Motorway interchange seen from above
Pallets prepared for loading in a warehouse
Dispatch team at their workstations
Despatch volumes that swing hard, with sharp seasonal peaks and a heavy return flow.

Typical requirements

  • Flexible capacity through peak periods
  • Handling of the returns flow
  • Picking of orders with a changing profile
  • Fast replenishment of warehouses and pickup points

How we meet them

  • Warehouse space that can be scaled up in season
  • Returns handling with condition checks
  • Order picking and despatch preparation
  • Replenishment transport between warehouses

Let us look at your supply chain

Tell us the volumes, the lanes and the time windows, and we will put together a service proposal.