Promotional Handling Ltd

Promotional Handling Ltd. was formed in 1999 and is based in the town of Welshpool near the border between England and Wales where around 50 people are employed at its large warehousing facility.

In 2015 the company was a nominee at the IPM’s ‘COGS Awards’ for its Indesit/Hotpoint/Ariel promotion. Business activities include third party logistics and fulfilment, specialised packaging, sales promotions and marketing support.

The business handles up to 20,000 product lines sourced from the UK and China and the range of products include optical goods, medicines, health and beauty products, solar panels, tea and baby food, to name just a few. Promotional Handling has been using OrderWise since 2011 and here Managing Director Alan Lewis explains how the business is using OrderWise to manage its operations.

As a diverse business, Promotional Handling required a system with a wide range of functionality and features and Alan lists the key elements as being “Comprehensive stock control, purchasing and forecasting, time saving features for order processing, barcode scanning for pick accuracy and clear reporting.”

Furthermore, being a company with a large warehouse operation, Promotional Handling needed a system to streamline its warehouse operations and also provide the structure for walk routes to be as efficient as possible.

In addition, as an MHRA licensed company, traceability features to maintain compliance with industry regulations in terms of batch and expiry dates was another key requirement.

In terms of complying with industry regulations Alan comments that “We’ve got tight control and visibility of stock and full traceability and control of expiry dated products, which as an MHRA licensed business is crucial.”

“As a company handling third party logistics we greatly benefit from data sharing with our customers and the ability to effortlessly show them any stock movements.”