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Brazilian telecom uses Panalpina's logistics manufacturing services
THIRD-party logistics providers (3PL) Panalpina has started providing services to a large telecoms company in Brazil, managing the assembly of semi-knocked down units for base stations.
The Swiss logistics firm is responsible for the whole process, including all the planning. At a facility near Sao Paulo, it handles assembly, warehousing and outbound delivery of telecoms equipment.
The 32,000-square-metre facility replaces five separate warehouses that the customer used to operate, one for each section of its supply chain.
"Giving the 3PL a leadership role means that some order cycle processes can be run parallel instead of in a sequence, which has greatly reduced order fulfilment times," a company statement said.
The five sections of the customer's supply chain are terminals (cell phones, tablets, modems), spare parts for terminals, semi-knocked down (SKD) assembly, finished goods and spare parts for finished goods.
"SKD is where the real action is. Out of the 220 people that work at the facility, 140 work on SKD," said global head of logistics at Panalpina, Mike Wilson.
SKD alone consists of five different assembly lines. In the final assembly and testing line, the 3PL誷 staff assembles base station boards and cabinets, and run software updates and tests. Finished products are then packaged, labelled and passed to the warehouse next door for outbound delivery.
"Adding logistics manufacturing services to our offering is a major part of our strategy, and is the future of our industry. It allows us to deliver faster time-to-market while cutting costs," added Mr Wilson.
The Swiss logistics firm is responsible for the whole process, including all the planning. At a facility near Sao Paulo, it handles assembly, warehousing and outbound delivery of telecoms equipment.
The 32,000-square-metre facility replaces five separate warehouses that the customer used to operate, one for each section of its supply chain.
"Giving the 3PL a leadership role means that some order cycle processes can be run parallel instead of in a sequence, which has greatly reduced order fulfilment times," a company statement said.
The five sections of the customer's supply chain are terminals (cell phones, tablets, modems), spare parts for terminals, semi-knocked down (SKD) assembly, finished goods and spare parts for finished goods.
"SKD is where the real action is. Out of the 220 people that work at the facility, 140 work on SKD," said global head of logistics at Panalpina, Mike Wilson.
SKD alone consists of five different assembly lines. In the final assembly and testing line, the 3PL誷 staff assembles base station boards and cabinets, and run software updates and tests. Finished products are then packaged, labelled and passed to the warehouse next door for outbound delivery.
"Adding logistics manufacturing services to our offering is a major part of our strategy, and is the future of our industry. It allows us to deliver faster time-to-market while cutting costs," added Mr Wilson.
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