Beckman Coulter

Kundenzitat

We wish to thank you for your outstanding performance throughout the year for all territories and particularly for BCISA as well as for your strong support during the past year
(Dezember 2007)

Jef Herrmann, Manager Warehouse & Distribution EMEAI, Beckman Coulter

Responsibilities

• Performing distribution throughout Europe
• Handling the return and transport management for reagents, instruments and replacement parts

Customer

Beckman Coulter is one of the world’s leading producers of systems and consumables used in clinical diagnostics and life science. By automating and simplifying processes, Beckman Coulter’s products make a significant contribution to increased laboratory productivity. Currently, more than 200,000 systems are being used in over 130 countries.

A critical point in the company’s supply chain was deliveries to hospitals and laboratories. Realizing this, Beckman Coulter turned to arvato services.

By taking over responsibility for the company’s entire distribution, we are successfully contributing to efficient logistics. Smooth-running processes help Beckman Coulter meet customers’ requirements and strengthen their loyalty to the company.

Our joint decision to employ a regional distribution center guarantees short delivery times and efficient warehousing. The central distribution center for replacement parts located near the Brussels airport ensures the time-critical supply of replacement parts and, simultaneously, optimized inventory consolidation. For this purpose, we selected the appropriate transport concepts, including express delivery (next day, before 9 a.m. or noon) directly to the laboratories or to the home address of a technician or to the trunk of his or her vehicle. In the PUDO (pick-up, drop-off) concept, the delivery is made in-night. At the start of the job, the technician picks up the shipment at a pick-up point of his or her choosing.

We also guarantee global export shipments made in compliance with the latest hazardous-goods regulations governing air and sea freight. The focal point is large volume shipments to distributors in Asia and Africa. The sensitive medical products are subject to precise packaging regulations for the long journey.

For such solutions, we use both our logistics expertise and a network of European logistics locations that is equipped to meet the special needs of the in-vitro diagnostics sector.

Central activities

• Creating regional distribution centers at arvato services’ logistics locations in Lognes, France, (8,000 stock-keeping units); Monheim, Germany, (15,000 SKUs); and High Wycombe, England, (1,000 SKUs) as well as a central European distribution center for replacement parts in Zaventem, Belgium (10,000 SKUs)
• Conducting warehouse and transport management for hazardous goods as well as for thermo-labile products while maintaining necessary temperature ranges (2-8 °C / - 20 °C) and complying with legal regulations
• Handling returns management of replacement parts and instruments
• Carrying out global export shipments
• Assuming responsibility for disposal management