“Universal Music has used Speedpac for both its finishing and stockholding requirements for approximately 10 years. Irrespective of the difficult and occasionally unreasonable demands we have placed on them during this period, they have always risen to the challenge and usually exceeded our expectations.”

Russell Richards
Distribution Director
Universal Music Distribution

In 2005 Speedpac (a long time service provider to UMD) were contracted by UMD to carry out all versioning rework (applying price points) and versioned pick pack and despatch campaigns for their DVD articles.

A year later Speedpac also set up a dedicated DVD refurbishment service for Universal, receiving unsold / returned stock from UMD and returning it to pristine condition ready for re-sale.

The contract:

System link

Speedpac’s system is linked to UMD’s via FTP

UMD benefit from an up to the minute view of stock levels in Production, Storage, and pick face

Advance Shipment Notifications are used for both Goods Receipt and Despatch

Nightly stock balance files are produced for daily reconciliation

Versioning

Price point application, barcode application, and security tag application on several million of units of DVD’s over several thousand articles

Pick pack and despatch

Speedpac picked, packed and despatched versioned or generic (no price-point) items for sales campaigns going to major retailers including Asda, Matalan, and Somerfields.

Refurbishment

Speedpac refurbished stock returned from stores back into pristine condition, then receipt this stock onto their system giving UMD visibility of it and the option to use the refurbished stock rather than manufacture more

Storage

Speedpac stored a large percentage of UMD’s stock

Stock was despatched within 24 hours of receipt of order

Bi-yearly audits

Perpetual inventory checks

Other rework

Speedpac also built Free Standing Display Units, counter packs, built box-sets, shrink and over-wrapped and carried out many other types of rework