Thorn Lighting renews contract with TNT Logistics
10 August 2005 - 11:04 CET
Global lighting manufacturer Thorn Lighting has renewed its U.K. distribution contract, worth £2.5m annually, with TNT Logistics. The two companies have been working together for 13 years.Thorn is a first class, global brand for complex indoor and outdoor lighting projects. It is also able to supply a wholesaler product range concentrating on luminaires with clear competitive advantages of quality, ease of installation, marketing, value and excellent logistic service.
"We had to win the business through a tough competitive tender and we are delighted that Thorn has renewed its distribution contract with us," says Rob McWhirter, Business Development Director, TNT Logistics UK Limited.
The contract operates from Thorn's National Distribution Centre at Spennymoor, County Durham. Thorn has 8-9,000 products in stock at any one time, which range from linear fluorescents to street lighting columns and stadia floodlights. Customers are offered a 48-hour delivery service on all stock items, supplemented by a 24-hour overnight service if required.
TNT Logistics uses a fleet of dedicated demountable drawbar vehicles to deliver up to 1,000 pallets of product per week to Thorn's network of 637 wholesalers. A further 200 - 300 parcels per week are dispatched via an overnight service provided by TNT Express. Individual deliveries range from a padded bag to a full artic load.
New features of the contract include in-cab technology delivering real-time POD capture and web-based customer access, and Paragon routing software to provide greater delivery efficiencies.
Thorn Lighting's U.K. distribution manager - Peter Arthy - says: "We have worked closely with TNT Logistics for many years and they understand our business and our customers' requirements. Importantly this renewal coincides with the launch of 'LumExpress' - our new service programme for the distribution of popular luminaires through wholesalers. This initiative is set to become the best and most recognised lighting product range at trade counters of electrical wholesalers and its success is heavily dependent upon TNT Logistics' service capability. We look forward to continuing our excellent relationship."
