Value Added Logistics

Petra International offers the following value added logistics services, which focus on physical activities:

  • Build to order
  • Packing
  • Repacking
  • Assembly

Build to Order:
Build to order (BTO) focuses on the transformation of parts into finished products. The production is driven by actual customer orders. The main driver of a BTO process is to accommodate flexible customer orders and requirements with the production runs to optimize allocation of orders to production infrastructure and resources. The finished products are already assigned to customer orders. They will be shipped via fast, but optimized logistics configurations to the final customers.

An inventory point can be located at the start of the manufacturing process. This inventory can be in-house at the manufacturer location or can be located at a vendor hub managed by the supplier or by IJS Global. This inventory is stand-by inventory to facilitate the start of the production run. In most cases these inventory locations are at a strategic location close to the production locations.

Packing:
Petra International provides a full-scale packing program in order to present your goods to your customers and/or distributors in the best possible way. Our packing services include:

Design of outer/retail packing:
Brand awareness is essential in marketing. The outer of retail packing is an essential part of the decisions making process of the ultimate customer. Society we live in has many languages, cultures and tastes. In order to have a successful launch it is essential to use expertise when designing your outer box.

Sourcing of packing materials:
Petra International is consuming a huge amount of packing materials. By combining the volumes used for our customers we are able to use our purchasing expertise and create economies of scale resulting in lower packing materials costs for our customers.

Repacking:
Often goods are shipped and stored in export cartons. In many cases it is needed to change the packing configuration when the goods are sold in different market. We provide flexible, scalable and cost effective packing services to meet the demands of Target market.

Benefits of Petra International packing services:

  • Creating economies of scale/using our buying power
  • Local sourcing
  • Reduce logistics costs
  • Minimize stock movements
  • Swift reaction to demands from the Global market