Finished Goods Distribution
National and regional distribution of ready-for-sale merchandise, generally involving road or intermodal (road-rail) transport and deliveries to retailers, wholesalers and other businesses (e.g. food service companies), plus end-users (e.g. via home delivery)
At DHL our customer-focused finished goods distribution solutions are built from the following core services:
- supplier collections
- warehousing and inventory management
- linehaul/trunking
- store delivery
- managed transport services
- reverse logistics
more - track-and-trace/visibility solutions
- cross-docking and merge-in-transit
- home delivery. more
Transport management capabilities include:
- shared- and multi-user transport networks
- dedicated fleets
- carrier management
- time-defined services
- transport scheduling and despatch
- shuttle services
- mode transfer (e.g. bulk rail to truck or export container)
- customs clearance
- supply chain consultancy, including logistics network strategy and transport modelling.
Distribution-to-Stores
DHL's distribution-to-stores solutions are focused on helping retailers create efficient and flexible supply chains capable of delivering product to retail outlets at high levels of service. We provide such support to food and non-food retailers across North and Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australasia.
North and Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australasia.We seek to help retail customers through:
- designing and engineering (or re-engineering) their distribution networks to achieve required service levels at minimum cost
- increasing capacity and throughput of existing infrastructure
- increasing productivity and quality from transport and rehousing operations
- delivering products just-in-time in a store-friendly format for efficient in-store logistics.
See also Home Delivery.
Home Delivery.For more information, please contact DHL Exel Supply Chain
DHL Exel Supply Chain
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