Promotional Logistics
Life sciences and healthcare companies require logistics services for the distribution of promotional items to current and potential customers, country sales teams and distributors. Promotional items carry a high opportunity cost if not delivered on time and in full to match marketing opportunities and sales objectives. The availability of timed deliveries and a national pick-up and drop-off point network offers a choice of multiple delivery addresses providing flexibility to the sales teams.
DHL Supply Chain provides a solution that offers fast availability of marketing materials through a web-enabled ordering service. Included in the service are inbound, storage, despatch and tracking to destination. Assembly of kits or rework and reconfiguration of samples can be accommodated as well as returns processes for the management of item revision and obsolescence.
Supply Chain
- Manufacture at source
- Inbound transport to warehouse
- Storage of goods at warehouse ready to be called off
- Replenishment order via online tool
- Value added services
- Order preparation
- Despatch
Service Level Excellence
- Improved sales team availability for increased sales calls through flexible delivery and collection options
- Improved competitive advantage through faster geographical market entry and expansion
- Improved utilisation through assembly / kitting to order
- Less suppliers to deal with through DHL's comprehensive integrated source, print, manage and deliver solution
- Reduced risk of regulatory non-compliance through strict item version control including despatch and return
- Reduced product obsolescence and waste through up-to-date and accurate management information
Product Specifics
Promotional material storage and distribution is managed in dedicated warehouses or alongside healthcare operations, dependant upon customer requirements. Facilities include:
- prime locations for pan EU / EMEA distribution
- 24 hour site security
- storage and transhipping capabilities
- specialist areas (for example assembly, co-packing, kitting and labelling)
- flexible resources for product launches and peak activities
- returns area for inbound, quarantine and certified destruction
- extensive printing, sourcing and design capabilities
Integrated Solution
DHL can offer a number of additional services related to promotional logistics through our sister companies Willams Lea and TSO.
The DHL promotional logistics solution can take care of everything from sourcing, printing, design, warehousing, materials management through to fulfilment and returns.
