New Logistics Concept Delivers Faster, Reduces Emissions
14th October 2024
With the help of Movianto, a service provider specialising in pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics the American medical device company Cook Medical implemented a new logistics and distribution concept in the UK. “This has enabled us to shorten delivery times for our customers and reduce our carbon footprint at the same time,” says Eamonn Barry, Director of Customer Support and Distribution, EMEA at Cook Medical.
Cook Medical had previously served the UK market directly from Germany, where the company operates its own European distribution centre in Baesweiler near Aachen. From there, orders of British customers were flown to the UK and then delivered nationwide. “Cook Medical is now using our warehouse in Bedford as a national logistics centre and from here can deliver significantly more orders during the next day than before,” says David Evans, Managing Director of Movianto UK. “To this end, we ensure a continued supply of devices for customers, which Cook Medical can call off for delivery the next working day.”
Movianto packs the customer’s orders in special cardboard boxes with Cook branding. In order to minimise the volume during transport and to reduce waste, a number of 17 packaging sizes are kept in stock.
The products are stored at controlled room temperature in Movianto’s multi-user warehouse in Bedford. If stocks need to be replenished, this is done by road. Before, the goods had been flown from Baesweiler into the UK. “Because now there are stocks in two warehouses, namely in Bedford and in Baesweiler, the ability to deliver has increased,” says Evans. “If one warehouse was unable to deliver, the other would step in.”
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