Month: May 2018

The Cosmetics and Personal Care market has continued to show year on year growth, with over 500 million European consumers using cosmetic and personal care products. This is due to the continued increase in disposable income and rising living standards.  This demand has driven further development within the industry.  It is apparent that consumers are willing to buy higher priced beauty products.

At Southern Storage & Transport we will adopt specific strategies and work very closely with you.  We can provide logistics and supply chain management to outsource elements of your distribution and fulfilment choosing to concentrate on your core business.

Cosmetic raw material and personal care products require specialised facilities, delivery solutions and a secure robust procedure for handling and recording that data.  We offer a full range of storage and logistic services to support you and your customers. This includes UK, Europe and worldwide shipping services with delivery and distribution by road, sea and air, along with reverse logistics options.

Our services are bespoke to your requirements and that of your customers.  We provide the following services:

• Order/Inventory management
• CSV to FTP or Web integration options
• ISO 9001:2015 for a quality management procedure controls
• Dedicated account management
• Barcoding and scanning services
• Container receipts and reloading facilities
• Racking and bulk storage facilities

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It is the most widely used QMS standard in the world, with over 1.1 million certificates issued to organizations in 178 countries.

ISO 9001 provides a framework and set of principles to assist companies in meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to their product while achieving excellence in their customer service and delivery.  The key areas covered are Customer satisfaction, Leadership, process approach, continual improvement, decision making and supplier relationships.  We will always look for continual improvements within the process we provide to each customer.

Southern Storage & Transport have recently made the transition to ISO 9001:2015.  We have held the ISO 9001 standard since 1991 and found it a valuable tool to ensure that we work to set guidelines to ensure that we achieve our customers goals.  We have a well-documented QMS with set standards and requirements to reduce inconsistencies in our service.  Our QMS and standard of work is audited and verified independently by the the NQA on a periodical basis to ensure compliance.