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Pall-Ex is working across Europe developing domestic networks, like that in the UK and in other individual countries. To date Pall-Ex Italia, Pall-Ex Iberia and from the end of this year, Pall-Ex Romania have firmly been established. It is projected within a few years’ time that these domestic hubs will collectively form a Pan European pallet network. This is the vision of Pall-Ex’s owner, founder and chief executive, Hilary Devey. Here Hilary, looks specifically at the Romanian market and also sheds some light on what Pall-Ex is doing in Romania and further afield in mainland Europe.
‘Dragon’ Hilary flies eastwards
careful with costs; with everyone looking to reduce order sizes and stock levels and move towards smaller consignments at higher frequencies with stricter time constraints.
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Additionally, the development of modern retailers including supermarkets, cash & carry outlets, convenience stores and online stores have been the main force behind the change in the national distribution systems. New solutions have been devised in the market to cope with these customers, which include central and regional Distribution Centres (DCs), consolidation centres for suppliers and daily Just In Time (JIT) delivery requirements. Thus, pallet networks were developed to provide a comprehensive service to help cope with the ‘small consignment load’ demand.
s in most countries, in Romania the economic downturn has led the key players within the national distribution market to be
In Romania, as in most of Europe, the supply chain design has simply reacted and followed the market’s needs and customer demands. This largely determined the size of consignments and the pattern of their movement.
Retailers have adapted their supply chains and manufacturers have responded to a growing demand for smaller, faster, and higher frequency on time deliveries, whilst keeping costs down. Therefore, as Romania’s retail and manufacturing markets have matured, there has come the need for an efficient comprehensive network to manage the delivery of small consignments of palletised freight; which is why we have chosen to launch Pall-Ex Romania with our most respected provider in Romania, Delamode. By the end of this year, Pall-Ex Romania will become Eastern Europe’s first ever first pallet network and will begin operations from its strategically located hub in Sibiu. Pall-Ex Romania will comprise a membership of Romania’s leading
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