FELIXSTOWE

MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

FELIXSTOWE

MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

FELIXSTOWE

MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

FELIXSTOWE

MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

FELIXSTOWE

MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

FELIXSTOWE MEGA DC

READY FOR BUSINESS

 

The Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre (FMDC) is the latest addition to Uniserve’s warehousing portfolio. A clear demonstration of our commitment to both innovation and investment, this giant 750,000 sq ft ambient and freezer distribution centre has changed the UK logistics landscape forever.

 

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT?

 

The significance of the FMDC is not simply what it is, but where it is. Introduction of huge new capacity into a space-starved warehousing market is one thing, but when that capacity is housed less than a quarter of a mile from the UK’s largest container port, it is a genuine game-changer. For the first time ever port-centric logistics at scale is a reality for businesses moving cargo through the Port of Felixstowe.

 

FELIXSTOWE CAREERS

FELIXSTOWE TIMELAPSE

FELIXSTOWE COLD STORE

FMDC eFULFILMENT

PORT-CENTRIC LOGISTICS

CAREERS AT UNISERVE 

MEET THE TEAM

WAREHOUSE OPERATIVES

Pictured: The team undergoing VNA training, including Inga Bruzaite and Eduards Gordejevs, and Uniserve instructors Barry Squelch and Stephen Surridge.

OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Pictured: Ignas Saknaitis, Ryan Osborne, Martin Holloway, Benedict Crouch, Robert Whetlor, Dorin Mucea, Steve Grimley, Danny Wilkins.

THE BENEFITS OF

PORT-CENTRIC LOGISTICS

Consistent with Uniserve’s well-earned reputation for delivering innovation and value to the UK’s supply chain, the FMDC has created an industry first in making port-centric logistics at scale a reality at the UK’s largest, busiest container port. And when we say port-centric, we really mean port-centric: cargo being moved from the Port of Felixstowe to the new facility will have less than a quarter of a mile to travel. This unrivalled proximity plus the outstanding range of services available combine to deliver a host of key benefits just at a time when UK businesses need them most.

REDUCE COSTS & COMPLEXITY

The port-centric approach to logistics can reduce customer costs by removing a number of handling stages throughout the storage and distribution process.

QUICKER ACCESS TO GOODS

Port-centric warehousing offers customers a more agile, responsive and flexible approach to managing their supply chains

FREE UP RESOURCE & CAPACITY

The positive effects of utilising a port-centric facility such as the FMDC can be felt throughout customers’ entire supply chain operations.

IMPROVED CASH FLOW

By holding imported goods for future export under bond, no duty will be payable in the UK thereby providing enhanced control of cash flows.

SERVICES

As you would expect for a supply chain and logistics group with the more than 35 years in the business, the range of service Uniserve is able to provide at the FMDC is extensive.

BONDED WAREHOUSING

• Wet & dry bonded • ETSF Status • Own deferment Account • Duty & Excise Management • System links with CHIEF • Vendor managed inventory • Live stock & inventory management • Batch and date code control • Store / DC ready orders • Barrel & keg management • Vintage wine expertise • Case & pallet Picking • Individual bottle picking • Individual consumer packing • Stock visibility • Returns and empties management • Management Information • Customs regime selection, support & insights

EFULFILMENT

• Order management • Item picking • Bespoke wrapping • Reworking • Personalisation • Kitting • Labelling & kimballing • Quality control & testing • Returns Management • Management Information • Carrier Integration • Production areas and clean rooms • System integration & visibility • Co-packing • Gifting & tagging

GLOBAL FREIGHT SERVICES

• Origin transport • Origin consolidation services • LCL & cross docking management • Origin customs management • Origin administration management • Ocean Freight • Air Freight • European Road Freight • Short sea shipping services • Container deliveries Worldwide • Supply Chain end to end Visibility • Duty & Excise Management • UK Imports & Exports • Global trade management services, supply chain review & procurement support

PORT-CENTRIC CONTAINER SERVICES

• Container handling & storage for 20’, 40’ and 40’HC boxes • Reefer container plug ins • Outside storage of loose cargo • Customs approved ETSF & bonded facilities • Container devan / restuff activities • Devan & store in third party container • Cross docking • 20’ box shuffle • Cargo consolidation • Cargo unload & onward delivery • Out of gauge loading & securing • Out of gauge low loader transport • Cargo surveying • Container sales • Container haulage

UK TRANSPORT

• Port clearance & collection • Container restitution (inland) • Container storage • Container haulage UK wide • Train & Multi Modal Management • UK full loads • UK pallet network • Courier and parcel management • Management information & visibility • Access to real time vehicle tracking • High value / highly secure transportation

TECHNOLOGY

Uniserve has a well-earned reputation for investment in and development of technologies to optimise our supply chain services. The FMDC will be no exception. The facility will offer the very latest systems, equipment and infrastructure, all coming together to ensure a fast, reliable, careful, efficient and secure approach to processing customers’ goods through the warehouse.

COLD CHAIN – FROZEN STORE

• Container destuffing & palletisation • Order management • Vendor managed inventory • Case and pallet picking & packing • Store/ DC ready orders • Container stuffing / exports • Product manipulation • Rework / repackaging / labelling / barcoding • Blast freezing • Live stock & inventory management • Batch and date code control • Stock visibility • Management Information • Inland temperature controlled transport & distribution • Vet examination • Quality control • BRC & AEO accredited • Bonded

GENERAL WAREHOUSING

• Container destuffing & palletisation • Order management • Vendor managed inventory • Container stuffing/ exports • Product manipulation • High value & secure storage • Stock & inventory management • Batch and date code control • Stock visibility • Management Information • BRC accreditation • Out-of-gauge / ‘ugly’ stock handling

IMPORT HANDLING

• Customs clearance • Container collection & restitution • Excise & Duty management • Administration management • Short sea shipping services • Devan, palletisation • Transhipment • Storage • Transport management • Customer Visibility

LCL SERVICES

• Cross docking & consolidation • Container stuffing / destuffing • Vendor management • Planning & container capacity management • Access to multiple destination • Duty & Excise management • Control of international administration • Partner management

VALUE ADDED SERVICES

• Product manipulation • Reworking • Repackaging • Kitting • Ratio Packs • QC and product testing • Store/DC ready orders • Co packing • Gift pack creation, shelf-ready packaging and FSDUs • Export packing • Personalisation • Labelling, tagging, kimballing • Garment steaming • Returns handling

SECURITY / AUDITABILITY

As much as its scale and location, what will set the Felixstowe Mega DC apart will be the care, clarity and control our customers will enjoy when it comes to the handling of their inventory. From the quality of the equipment, systems and processes through to the experience and expertise of Uniserve’s on-site personnel, everything is being geared towards providing both competitive advantage and real peace of mind.
From minute one we will be working with you to ensure stock accuracy and visibility. Whether its via our warehouse management system or physical checks, the FMDC will offer end-to-end auditability from arrival through picking to dispatch – enabling you to manage your inventory with precision. This all adds up to greater control and lower costs.