Your Challenge
our solutions
Parcel & Postal
Our value
“
Our sorting process had to continue without
interruption while the new systems were installed
- a task that was like performing open-heart surgery
while the patient was awake
“
UPS Louisville
Fast-changing market demands mean new opportunities in
parcel & postal handling. But challenges like labour costs,
pressure on space and efficient peak handling remain. It’s a
constant search for lower operating costs, more productivity
and – most of all – ever higher service levels.
Working together
Meeting your customers’ changing and intensifying demands has top priority.
For example increasing unit volumes and variety, tighter sorting windows, higher
delivery frequencies and shorter lead times. At the same time, pressures are
increasing: you need to do more in a shorter time, at less cost and in the same
space as before.
Based on our in-depth understanding of parcel & postal business processes, we
provide competitive automated solutions for hubs and depots of all sizes. These
enable you to improve your service level at lower operating costs. With our flexible
solutions, you’re ready to take advantage of the changing market demands.
Our systems and services focus on improving your processes and increasing your
performance – today, tomorrow and right through the life cycle. We work closely
together with you, from initial business process analysis through to total life-cycle
support. To do that, we have in-depth industry knowledge and can offer a wide
range of solutions. We posses all the required capabilities – from system design
through supply chain management and manufacturing, to information and
communication technology, system integration, project management and customer
services.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR
business process
Our company
“
The company implements material handling
systems of all sizes, ranging from many local sorting
depots, airports and distribution centres to the world’s
largest facilities. The company ranks among the
top 5 worldwide in its field
“
Magazine Modern Materials Handling
Parcel & Postal
YOUR CHALLENGE,
OUR SOLUTIONS
Vanderlande Industries is a leader in automated parcel & postal
handling solutions, with a track record of over 500 satisfied
customers. We are also among the leading suppliers of airport
baggage handling systems and integrated logistics systems for
warehouses and distribution centres.
Global player with local presence
We have a proven capability in delivering reliable solutions in teamwork with our
customers, as a global player with extensive worldwide experience in the parcel &
postal industry. Our headquarters are in Veghel, the Netherlands, and we also have
offices in Belgium, Germany, the UK, Italy, France, Spain, USA, South Africa,
Russia, India, Canada, Argentina, Australia, the UAE and China. Our local
Customer Centres handle all key business functions and maintain direct contact
with customers. What drives us is exceeding customers’ expectations, reflected
by our core value: ‘building reputation with customers’.
Excellent product and software portfolio
As well as a complete range of state-of-the-art sorting, transport and loading/
unloading equipment, our systems include modular, scalable software solutions.
These provide valuable real-time information on system status, workload and
performance, and enable operation to be constantly optimised. At the same time
they provide management with the decision support intelligence needed for
scheduling, planning and forecasting.
CUSTOMER CENTERS
AGENTS
Our company
Putting people first
A safe and healthy working environment is paramount in parcel & postal
sorting centres. We take this responsibility seriously, and as an industry leader
we set ourselves high standards. A key area of employee well being in which
Vanderlande leads the industry is ergonomics. We invest significant time,
resources and research in designing our systems so they best match the
movements and cognitive abilities of individual users. For example, our
ergonomic telescopic extendable conveyors increase productivity by minimising
the need for manual carrying of products. The drop-off and take-away points
are placed directly at the operator’s side, accessible on-demand by simple
joystick movements. A number of safety features are incorporated allowing safe
and easy operation. Together this creates a fatigue-free working environment
for operators, with significantly reduced need to lift heavy products.
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Making a positive impact
Optimising energy efficiency is essential. This not only lowers operating costs,
it also reduces your carbon footprint. That’s why supporting our customers in
improving the energy efficiency of their logistics processes is one of our top
priorities. Just one example is our Energy Scan programme, which has proved
to achieve energy savings of more than 50%: the first step towards implementing
a ‘green hub’.
Delivering the highest-quality solutions is our top priority. This extends right through
to the materials we use. Our innovation strategy is based on the closed-cycle
‘Cradle to Cradle®’ principles. That means we assess materials not only on their
tangible properties, but also by their effects on people and the environment and
their capacity for recycling. This approach has already resulted in unique products
that save energy and maximise sustainability. For example the BLUEVEYOR
next-generation conveyor system that takes a significant step in reducing
environmental impact. And the CROSSORTER for flexible sorting of a
wide range of products with maximum eco effectiveness.
Your challenge
“
This highly advanced and modern sorting
facility will mean a big quality increase for the Polish
express parcel industry
“
DPD Poland
Vanderlande Industries is dedicated to improving your business
processes and your competitive position. We do that with
effective, reliable automated material handling systems and
supporting services. Our focus is on increasing your logistics
performance – today, tomorrow and right through the life-cycle.
Increase your service level
Meeting your customers’ service level demands is an increasingly tough
challenge. For example shorter order lead times, later cut-off times, smaller
orders and greater product diversity. Plus the need for maximum delivery
reliability with zero-fault performance. While at the same time you need to
constantly reduce costs and serve widely varying customers, making your
operations increasingly complex.
Automating your hubs and depots, based on a thorough understanding of your
logistics processes, provides numerous opportunities to save cost and increase
your service level. In addition, automation plays a vital role in addressing today’s
business challenges, taking advantage of new business opportunities and
strengthening your position as a trusted delivery partner.
Benefit from growth in e-commerce
Fast-growing e-commerce business models mean big changes for parcel & postal
operators. Rapid order fulfilment, shorter process timeframes, higher delivery
frequencies, even more pressure on cost per item handled – all demand maximum
flexibility and logistics performance. Our effective automated systems and software
are proven in state-of-the-art parcel & postal hubs around the world.
Parcel & Postal
IMPROVING YOUR
COMPETITIVE POSITION
Your challenge
Avoiding jams for the highest system availability
Ensuring the highest possible system availability is a key challenge in automated
hubs and depots. Our innovative PARCELCHECK application uses advanced
vision and image-processing technology for in-line parcel characterisation. This
allows the conveyability of products to be determined, and can also be used to
register the condition of incoming goods at the point of entry. Avoiding jams
downstream in the process is a key benefit of this technology. This product
identification and detection results in improved overall system performance
with higher availability and throughput. And unlike a human operator, it performs
consistently and tirelessly all the time.
Lowest handling costs per product
Pressure on operating costs makes it essential to maximise economy and
efficiency. Automating logistics handling makes a big contribution. Not only by
reducing manual labour and increasing productivity, but also through more
efficient space utilisation and lower energy consumption, all of which have
a direct impact on costs and profitability.
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Optimise space utilization
Space is scarce and costly. With room for physical expansion frequently limited,
it’s necessary to handle higher product volumes in the same facilities as before.
Compact and highly productive automated systems are the answer. Our solutions
will improve space utilisation in your facility by up to 60%, and can multiply
throughput per m2 by as much as three times.
Ready for future growth / scalability
In today’s market conditions it’s important to prepare for future growth and new
business demands. With a system concept that’s productive and cost-effective
today, but easily scalable to handle increasing product volumes economically.
Our system solutions are designed to be ready for the future, so they can grow
seamlessly together with your business needs.
Our solutions
“
Vanderlande Industries showed a good
understanding of our processes and they were
capable of translating our requirements into an
optimum sorting solution
“
TNT
Through in-depth understanding of parcel & postal logistics
and the underlying business processes, we can provide turnkey
automated solutions for hubs and depots of all sizes. Our
flexible solutions maximise efficiency, enable continuous
process improvement and can easily be adapted to changing
market demands.
Sortation systems
One of the most important challenges is reliable, accurate sorting within the
required timeframe and to the right outgoing dock, without the need for manual
intervention. Vanderlande Industries offers the full range of sorter technologies.
The system that best suits your process depends on the sizes, weights and types
of products you handle, as well as on the required capacity, the available space
and your building shape.
As well as conventional line sorters, we have developed a new generation of loop
sorters offering higher capacities with reduced labour requirements. Our sorters
can reliably, safely and gentle handle products as diverse as bags, boxes of wine
and unstable packages like flower boxes, with capacities as high as 10,000
products per hour or more.
Unloading and loading devices
A productive automated parcel & postal handling process starts with the ability
to load and unload a constant flow of vehicles quickly and smoothly. A wide range
of configurations can be used for this purpose, with the choice depending mainly
on the types of vehicles. For example for loose-loaded parcels we offer a range of
telescopic extendables with belt or roller conveyors. These offer fast loading and
unloading with ergonomic working conditions. Extension and retraction are motor
driven, load positioning is joystick-controlled, and manual carrying of heavy loads
is eliminated.
Parcel & Postal
MEETING YOUR SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
Our solutions
Flexible software solutions for full control
Tighter schedules, higher volumes and increasing customer demands make
IT an essential part of your logistics process. Vanderlande Industries’ VISION
software suite offers a flexible, modular solution for end-to-end planning and
control.
VISION is a highly reliable, modular and scalable software platform that
supports you in optimising your logistics process every day, or even better every
hour VISION provides an operational performance dashboard that visualises
your daily planning, provides a real-time process overview, and allows remote
access to your total automated system.
VISION integrates seamlessly with your existing systems and low-level controls.
The actual system configuration and dynamics are taken into account to make
smart, real-time decisions in sending products to the required physical locations.
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Integrated access to business-critical
information
VISION provides integrated access to business-critical information.
Extensive management information and reporting functions provide a
constant indication of system status and workflow progress. Real-time
performance information can be used as a tool for process improvement
and fine-tuning. The dashboard display showing information on system
status can be accessed conveniently online from any PC or
mobile device.
Your performance
Exceeding your customers’ expectations with an effective
parcel & postal handling process: that’s the goal of our
supporting services. We provide a worldwide network of
field service engineering, full remote IT support facilities
and a global spare parts supply chain.
Day-to-day support
Our goal is to keep your logistics process running smoothly and efficiently. We offer
maintenance support from periodical inspections and spare parts supply to full 24/7
on-site support by Vanderlande staff. Together with you, we can define a package
of maintenance and support services that will most effectively meet your needs.
continuous optimisation
Our services keep your automated logistics system working optimally, even as
your operational requirements change over time. Our supporting services can be
extended by performance analysis, tooling and advice. These allow continuous
improvement of your system and logistics process performance, and support you in
responding to changing business conditions.
Parcel & Postal
Services to optimise
your operations
our Track record
Vanderlande Industries is among the world’s leading suppliers
of automated logistics solutions, with a proven track record
of automating over 500 hubs and depots in recent years.
We develop solutions in teamwork with our customers.
This forms the basis for our solid reputation.
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