TNT Logistics three times awarded in Brazil
09 March 2006 - 12:19 CET
TNT Logistics, a leading global logistics company, has won three major Brazilian awards. For the 5th year running, TNT Logistics received the AutoData Award, which elects the outstanding companies of the automotive segment. Once more, the company was recognised in the Logistics category, with the case of Fiat warehouse transfer, without losses for the operation. Also, for the fourth consecutive year, TNT Logistics was the great winner of the Logistics Volvo Award, an event that points out the best logistics services providers operating in Brazil, as appointed by the users and professional people of the said market. And finally TNT Logistics Brazil received an award from Associação Brasileira de Movimentação e Logística - ABML - in the category "Information Technology applied to Logistics".
'The winning of these three awards is the result of the work developed by our team and the importance given to the innovation and technology in TNT Logistics strategy, assuring the best solutions to our customer', said Giuseppe Chiellino, TNT Logistics South America Managing Director.
About the awards
AutoData Award
AutoData is a publication specialised in the automotive segment. The award is dvided into 16 categories. In the first phase, the Autodata editorial staff selects the four best cases published during the last 12 months in each category, considering those operations that have most contributed for the development of the automotive sector in Brazil during said period. Based upon the indications, the winners are selected by the readers of the magazine.
- Case Fiat
TNT Logistics has developed, jointly with Fiat, the transfer of the car manufacturer whole spare parts stock, from the old distribution centre, located 10 km from its plant, to a new warehouse in Betim in Brazil. During the process, the spare parts supply to the distributors was not affected. The new distribution centre was totally designed to comply with the needs of the client, and is now managed by Click, TNT Logistics' WMS, which is already used in Fiat warehouses in other countries.
Logistics Volvo Award
The Logistics Volvo Award is an initiative of Volvo do Brasil, Tecnologística magazine and of the Logistics Studies Center (CEL) of the Coppead, advanced learning and study area in business management of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, and the most important logistics research centre in Brazil.
Information Technology award
The Award for "Information technology applied to Logistics" has been awarded for the Transportation Information System project (SIT), a sophisticated call centre structure responsible for providing information to all logistics chain players, from the transporting company to the client's client. It manages all information of the transport operations held by TNT Logistics, from the dispatching to the delivery at the final destination. Besides, it is responsible for the administration of physical delivery vouchers. All stages are monitored in details, through technologies such as satellite, mobile phones and EDI systems.
