Communisis Ltd

A company with a history tracing back to 1881, Communisis is a rapidly expanding player in the co-packing, kitting, collation, fulfilment and logistics arena. With over 2,000 employees based across 28 cities in 19 countries, they are able to draw on a wide range of industry expertise, knowledge and insight to manage a wealth of different campaigns end-to-end, from sourcing through to activation.

It sources a diverse selection of items from a “best-in-class” vendor network of 750 global suppliers, including print, POS, promotional items, branded merchandise, apparel, premiums and packaging. With a real focus on quality, transparency, competitiveness and sustainability, almost 100% of the raw materials sourced are from either FSC or PEFC sources, ensuring complete chain of custody end-to-end.

It provides high-frequency, complex co-packing, kitting, collation, fulfilment and logistics services from 162,000 sq.ft. capacity across two UK warehouses, managing a wealth of different campaigns comprising of multiple SKUs, kits, sets, packs and delivery locations. It also offers real-time stock management capability via an intelligent warehouse management system, linked to an online ordering platform for end-user ordering and self-serve track & trace. Supported by an international network of 3PL distribution partners for making parcel and pallet delivery to store, branch, DC or end-user, they offer a multitude of different delivery services with a POD available for every consignment deployed.

They possess the ISO:9001, ISO:14001, ISO:18001, ISO:22001 and ISO:27001 accreditations, hold the prestigious CIPS Platinum procurement certification and are members of Sedex and EcoVadis. Additionally, they recently secured bonded warehouse status from HMRC, becoming an Authorised Warehousekeeper on 16th April, 2020.

Clients include Bacardi, Brown-Forman, Electronic Arts, J&J, Kellogg’s, Nando’s, Nestle, P&G and Sony.

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