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Davies Turner extends point of origin control service to Morocco

[ December 13, 2023   //   ]

Davies Turner is launching point of origin quality control and compliance procedures in Morocco, a service first developed for clients sourcing from Turkey

The forwarder is opening an inspection facility with its partner in Morocco for a large online fashion retailer, which sources product from the country, for shipment to fulfilment centres in the UK, the US and mainland Europe.

Until recently, Davies Turner has provided in-country warehousing, consolidation and overland trailer services from Morocco to the client’s fulfilment centres in the UK and mainland Europe, as well as air and ocean freight services to the fulfilment centres in North America.

Quality control typically took place at the fulfilment centres once the trailers arrived at destination, and products could not be featured on the retailer’s website as available for order until they had cleared all quality control procedures.

With the new system, controls take place upstream in Tangier, allowing any issues to be dealt with earlier and for products to be returned to the supplier for reprocessing before they leave the country.

This will reduce freight and transportation costs, whilst also reducing the amount of substandard products arriving at fulfilment centres overseas, again reducing pace and labour costs there.

Davies Turner director, Alan Williams, said: “Based on past experience in Turkey,  this re-engineering of the management of these particular aspects of the online retailer’s supply chain should improve the overall transit times from receipt of consignments in Tangier to availability on the online retailer’s website for purchase. The point of origin quality control process takes place on the day after arrival of the shipments into the Tangier freight hub.

“The re-engineered service is underpinned by our award-winning P2D (purchase to delivery) software system. This is a system that has been designed in house by our IT and business analyst team, which provides an online portal that enables customers to monitor and manage shipments at SKU and purchase order level, delivering full visibility of products moving through their supply chain for all concerned.”

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