At Bertling, we have extensive experience in the management of in-house warehousing, distribution, and export packing services that form a central operation in our global logistics network.
Bertling has a proven capability in materials management including the ownership and operation of consolidation warehouses in many international locations. These warehouses are fully equipped to provide warehousing and marshaling options.
Our warehousing, distribution, and materials management services include:
- Material handling
- Receiving and item checking
- Inspection and preservation
- Inventory management
- Containerization
- Export boxing and skidding
- Palletizing and shrink-wrapping
- Freight consolidation
- Crane services
Further, we provide tracking and tracing, accurate documentation, electronic information, and status reporting, as well as delivery transportation.
BERTLING: MATERIAL HANDLING ON THE HIGHEST SERVICE LEVEL
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A common set of procedures governing quality control, health, safety, environmental, security, and compliance are implemented at each location in line with clients' coordination procedures. This ensures delivery of the highest service levels to meet client expectations and the scope of work.
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BERTLING's WAREHOUSING SERVICES
Bertling offers warehousing services across the globe. Our locations include:
- Middlesbrough, UK
- Houston, USA
- Miami, USA
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Singapore
Our services include as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) material handling to minimize risk to materials and persons, as well as safe and efficient transport circulation and management plan. This ensures that simultaneous operations can take place without additional risk, interference, or disruption.
Bertling warehousing services also include:
- As low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) material handling to minimize risk to materials and persons
- Dedicated goods-in area and goods-out areas
- Ability to off-load all types of vehicles safely and securely
- Dedicated storage areas for fast-moving goods for each project
- Ample working area for loading and securing cargo in containers
- Dedicated temperature-controlled facility for materials so designated
- High-density storage area for pallet racking to improve inventory control and minimize storage costs
- Safe and security controlled goods inspection area
- Bonded areas when required
- High level of security controls
Bertling locations also offer a high level of security controls. iIn the USA, for example, our locations operate in compliance with government export regulations and TSA-certified operational procedures.
WHAT IS MATERIAL MANAGEMENT?
Materials management is a core function of supply chain management. The primary goal of materials management is to provide an unbroken chain of components for production to manufacture goods on time.
In essence, materials management is the process of ensuring that the right materials get to the right people at the right time. This involves ensuring that manufacturers have the raw materials required to make goods, and that no components are wasted during manufacturing. It also includes optimizing inventory maintenance and management.
The materials management process includes the following steps:
- Purchasing: Purchasing ensures that the end-user has everything they need to operate and minimizes the amount invested in storage and stored inventory.
- Storage and warehousing: The primary goal of this step is to invest in the correct amount of warehousing space to facilitate the transport of goods. Storage can also function as a buffer between production and materials used to mitigate the effect of mistakes or shortages.
- Transport: This step involves transporting the correct materials to manufacturers at the right time. An extensive and highly involved process, transport is sometimes separated into its own department.
- Receiving: In materials management, receiving involves the checking and distribution of components to the right customers.
WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
Warehousing and distribution companies are integral parts of the modern supply chain system designed to receive and distribute physical goods such as:
- Raw materials
- Packing materials
- Agricultural products
- Hazardous materials
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION?
The difference between warehousing and distribution services is time. Warehouses are temporary storage facilities for physical products and are meant to store inventory for any determined length of time.
Distribution centers, which exist to fulfill additional customer demands, are built for quick intake and rapid distribution. Distribution centers may also offer additional services such as:
- Packaging
- Product mixing
- Order fulfillment
- Cross-docking
WAREHOUSING IS PART OF DISTRIBUTION
As warehouses store goods for distribution at a later time, warehousing can be considered part of the distribution process of goods and services.
Many of the moving parts during the warehousing process, such as planning product storage, receiving inbound shipment items, and product tracking, translate similarly to a distribution center.
