Kuehne+Nagel and Pearson have started a multi-year cooperation in Italy. The partnership complements their existing collaboration in other markets, such as in Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom.
Pearson provides printed and online content, assessment and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments, and other partners globally. Going forward, Kuehne+Nagel will be the unique point of contact for all logistics activities of the company’s Italian division and will be responsible for domestic inbound and outbound transport, warehousing activities such as receiving, put-away, picking, packing, loading, and reverse logistics. Value-added services include kitting and labelling six transit and customer pick-up points as well as cash on delivery.
The company’s logistics will be managed out of Kuehne+Nagel’s logistics centre in Santa Cristina e Bissone, in Lombardy, in a dedicated warehouse covering an area of approximately 10,000 sq m for the storage of about 12,700 pallet locations. Specific equipment has been set up for the kitting and shrink-wrapping of books and for the labelling activity.
Kuehne+Nagel estimated that it will process approximately ten million books, four million kit products and 36,500 customer shipments per year. To ensure optimal supply chain performance, Kuehne+Nagel has implemented an EDI-based solution – allowing direct communication between Pearson’s ERP and Kuehne+Nagel’s warehouse management system – as well as a transport management system for shipment planning and tracking.
Ruggero Poli, Managing Director of Kuehne+Nagel Italy, commented: “Together with Pearson, we analysed their existing supply chain to optimise the physical flow of educational material from the supplier to the final customer.”
Mario Mariani, Pearson MD Europe, Italy & DACH, also stated: “The decision to entrust Kuehne+Nagel with logistics activities in Italy is based both on the consolidated partnership already developed in Europe and on other continents with Pearson and on the proven reliability and versatility shown by Kuehne+Nagel in dealing with peculiar sectors”.
Source: Kuehne+Nagel
