Synopsis
German-based supplier for Australian supermarkets overcome supply chain complexity through optimization of Value Added Services.
Customer Overview
- Customer: German-based sourcing company, major supplier to Australia’s top discount supermarket chains
- Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods
- Products: clocks, ladders, bicycle packs, remote controls, bottled olives and asparagus, etc
- Five distribution centers (DC’s) in Australia (east coast)
- Volume: 100 TEU/ 2,200 pallet moves
Challenges
- High distribution costs to transfer cargo within DC
- High import duties due to unfamiliarity with local duty regulations in multiple sourcing locations
- Strict order fulfillment requirement from customer, especially with Value Added Services (VAS) and pallet configuration
Apl Logistics Solutions
- Customs clearance: Duty savings study by analyzing sourcing countries duty exemptions requirements and leverage on Federal Trade Administration (FTA)
- Value Added Services: Pallet configuration, optimization for cost savings, unpacking/repacking and labeling
- Warehousing & Distribution to five DC’s in NSW, Victoria, and Queensland
- Order Fulfillment
- Shipment planning to select nearest discharge port according to the final destination of the cargo
Benefits
- Cost Effective: leverage on duties exemptions and FTA to achieve duty savings and optimization in pallet packing
- Convenient: clear origin/destination customs clearance requirements to ensure smooth customs clearance
- Reliable: meet the stringent order fulfillment requirement (pallet packed)
