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INTELLIGENT EXPERTISE SUPPLY CHAIN • A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS TOGETHER WITH ADVANCED SOFTWARE TOOLS IS HELPING WHS LOGISTICS ACHIEVE ITS PLATFORM AMBITIONS WHS LOGISTICS MAY be an unfamiliar name in the market, having been founded only in 2016. But that masks the fact that the people working there have been tried and tested in managing supply chains over decades and have an intimate knowledge of the liquid bulk market. They are using that expertise to optimise supply chains by bringing improved performance, flexible service and efficiency – all the while focusing on the highest standards of safety and sustainability. The fourth-party logistics (4PL) control tower offered by WHS Logistics takes care of the entire supply chain process, offering a one-stop-shop concept for its clients. WHS Logistics offers what it says will be the most optimal supply chain solution, where visibility and transparency are self-evident and
efficiency is key. This constant focus on innovative solutions from WHS Logistics allows its clients to stay focused on their core business. The fully transparent WHS Logistics control tower covers such services as procurement, planning, execution, invoicing, analysis, quality assurance and optimisation tools. Its employees are passionate about providing added value and they do this by realising year-on-year cost reductions in combination with guaranteed flexibility and by following the highest quality standards. ENGINEERING PROWESS As a 4PL control tower, WHS Logistics has a global reach with a focus on the raw material flows arriving in all the main ports and hubs in
Europe. From there it coordinates transport to factories throughout Europe. It can choose from Europe’s largest database of active partners in the liquid bulk sector and this large supplier network lies at the core of WHS Logistics’ value proposition. All suppliers are monitored, audited and evaluated to make sure they are compliant with WHS Logistics’, and also their customers’, high quality standards. The WHS Logistics team consists of dedicated logistic engineers, spread across three locations, all of them having in-depth knowledge of the industry, customer requirements and legal constraints. They know how to tackle logistical challenges in order to completely relieve their customers of their logistical burdens. In addition, to assure the seamless operation of the daily business, WHS Logistics also develops and implements new logistical concepts with its partners, such as drop-swap, modal shifts and yard management. The team continually strives for supply chain improvements through, for example, payload optimisation initiatives and spot market tendering. CLIMB THE TOWER The strength of the WHS Logistics 4PL control tower lies in its ability to enable economies of scale through vertical and horizontal integration. In order to do so, WHS Logistics has a dedicated team of software developers working around the clock to build new functionalities for the custom-made ‘Freight Management System’ that forms the backbone of the control tower. All systems, processes and portals have been designed and configured to assure customers complete confidentiality while reaping the benefits of visibility, control and intelligence across their global supply chain. A track and trace system has been implemented so that customers can monitor their supply chain at all times. WHS Logistics has developed an automated tender tool that allows large tenders of thousands of lanes to be executed, managed and analysed. The carrier portal forms the interface with suppliers through which they post updates, and also manages the invoicing processes. The purpose of all this is to make the processes as efficient as possible for customers and carriers.
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