trans-o-flex Logistik-Service GmbH has signed an agreement with the German Barme Group,specialised in consulting and supplying companies in the healthcare sector, to create a nationwide
warehousing and distribution concept for the company.Within three weeks after signing the deal, trans-o-flex has rented and equipped a centralwarehousing site in Frechen, near Cologne, for Barme moving customers’ goods to the new locationfrom the previous warehouse.Within three weeks after signing the deal, trans-o-flex has rented andequipped a central warehousing site in Frechen, near Cologne, for Barme moving customers’ goods tothe new location from the previous warehouse.
After establishing the new facility, trans-o-flex began straight away the distribution of Barme’s products ranging from dressings through syringes and canulas to hygiene and cleaning products anddisinfectants.
In a two-shift operation, several hundreds of orders that are stored in an area of 2,500 sqm arecommissioned and prepared for dispatch daily up to 7 pm. With the trans-o-flex express deliveryservice, more than 98% of consignments reach their recipients on the next working day with thestandard service.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Managing Director of Barme GmbH, explained: “We opted for a single sourceservice and for trans-o-flex for quality reasons. With the rising competition in the healthcareindustry, it is vital to establish and maintain quality as a principle. We saw that trans-o-flexshares this principle and that it was able to implement it very fast as a holistic concept.”
Holger Eberhard, Sales Manager trans-o-flex Logistik-Service, commented: “trans-o-flex receivesmany enquiries for integrated logistics services requiring, for example, web shop applications,warehousing, stock manipulation, display construction, display assembly and the procurement anddistribution of the most varied products on pallets or as packages from a single source. Ourstrengths lie in the development and implementation of a solution that incorporates not onlycustomers’ requirements but also their existing facilities or software.”
Although trans-o-flex usually works with its own inventory control software or the I-Net-Ordersystem developed for the internet connection of field service or end client orders, it used for thecurrent order Barme’s previous enterprise resource planning system at the customer’s request. “Theflexibility with which trans-o-flex handled our requirements was what convinced us,” Rodriguezconcluded.
trans-o-flex Logistik-Service operates four separate warehouses in Germany in addition to theone in Frechen and plans to establish at least one more warehouse this year.
