SOGEFI awards logistics contract

Geodis Calberson has won a significant contract to manage the warehousing and UK and Ireland distribution of product at its Magna Park logistics site for SOGEFI, the leading global supplier of original and aftermarket parts for the automotive industry.

Italian company SOGEFI has two plants in Wales producing air, fuel, oil and cabin filters.
Andrea Taschini, General Manager of Sogefi Aftermarket Division said: “Geodis, an established provider to the Sogefi Aftermarket Division in Europe with a proven ability to achieve high levels of delivery performance and distribution support, is now operating our aftermarket next day delivery service from a modern, future-ready distribution centre located at Lutterworth, East Midlands.”

Geodis Calberson receives product from SOGEFI's plants in Wales and from central stock in Europe and manages stock-holding and same day order picking and dispatch.

Orders are delivered next day delivery to factors across the UK, with Geodis' wholly-owned subsidiary the Fortec Distribution Network and a parcel carrier sharing the workload.

SOGEFI will benefit from a new Warehouse Management System introduced by Geodis Calberson at Magna Park which tracks goods and orders from the moment they arrive with an upgraded Radiofrequency tagging process.

Covering inbound, storage, picking and quality checking, the RF process provides perfect visibility on productivity and order accuracy, with clear Key Performance Indicators to feed back to SOGEFI.

Alban Trompette, General Logistics Manager, of Geodis Calberson, said: “We are delighted to have won this prestigious contract in the UK with SOGEFI, a company with which the Geodis group is already working in Italy.

“We look forward to a long and productive relationship with SOGEFI and want to build on these successes in Italy and the UK.”

Andrea Taschini commented: “The decision to restructure our distribution service gives us a much better service level overall in the UK and Ireland. We are also confident that Geodis will ensure Sogefi achieves a robust and efficient next day service for all our distributor customers - including later order cut-off times.”