Together with transport of vehicle transport provided for the clients, the partnership with Benga Autologistics also supplies the possibility of vehicles storage within a logistic centre arranged according to international standards in the field, which may offer to a potential client optimization of the logistic processes,processes integration, as well as reducing the operational costs.
Benga Autologistics logistic centre is located on a platform of around 100,000 sq m 13km away from Bucharest and with direct access from A1 highway which is one of the most important thoroughfares in Romania.
The average annual level of flows in Benga Autologistics logistic centre is around 40,000 vehicles.
The location of logistic centre for vehicles
The location of Benga Autologistics logistic centre presents the following advantages to a potential client:
- Easy access to and from A1 highway, the most used thoroughfare for transport and which assures the direct link to the western part of Romania;
- Easy access to the centre in what concerns the vehicles produced in the southern part of Europe (Turkey), the centre is located at 64km from Giurgiu, the border from South;
- Easy access for the vehicles transported by boat, which are unloaded in the biggest port on Danube in Romania, Giurgiu area, also 64km far from the centre;
- Easy access to the centre for the vehicles that reach Romania by sea and they are unloaded in Constanta port, the distance between Constanta - Bucuresti is 270km, the transport is performed on A2 highway Constanta-Bucharest,connected with A1 highway up to the logistic center;
- The location of the centre, near Bucharest, which represents 30% of the automotive market in Romania,offers the producers the possibility of having the vehicles on time at the selling point;
- Benga Autologistics logistic centre is surrounded by lands also owned by the company, fact that makes the company capable of expanding easily the platform upon potential clients' needs;
Benga Autologistics logistic centre also owns a warehouse of 500 sqm which is used for storage and handling of materials that are delivered to the clients together with the vehicles (manuals, guarantee certificates, radio aerials, wheel covers, different equipments and kits which have to be delivered together with the vehicle according to the current legislation).
Autologistics facilities
Benga Autologistics logistic centre has a customs relations department which provides the performance of all customs operations for a potential client. The department has direct access to the customs informatic system. The centre can also perform customs warehouse operations.
All the opeartions performed in the centre are monitored and they are performed by means of the informatic administration data system, which allows the map of the parking lots as well as the management of the operations perfromed in the centre.
Two categories of staff that perform the activity for the department, one team is responsible for the customs clearance activities and another team is in charge with the operational activities of the centre. The staff benefits of training and assessment processes in accordance with the producers' quality requests.
Benga Autologistics has the possibility of providing the training for the employees in accordance with the producers' requests by means of the training centre available at the administrative office, managed by the person in charge of the quality standards maintenance in the company.
Benga Autologistics provides logistic service to the producers and operators in automotive industry including:
- Unloading of trucks on special arranged platforms and monitored by the specialised staff, in accordance with the planning of the producer or the transport operator of the producer;
- Taking over and the management of the transport documents;
- Vehicles check upon arrival by specialised staff in accordance with producer's quality standards;
- Handling and the stroage of vehciles in the park on designated lots and coded according to the producer's quality standards;
- Performing customs operations for the producer;
- Performing the specific operations in what concerns the customs warehouse;
- Transport orders management received form the producers either for the dealers network in Romania, or for an inetrnational destination mentioned by the producer;
- Responsibility handover for the vehicles that reached the centre;
- Security and surveillance 24/7/365 of the entire park by means of high resolution video systems with online access, but also permanent security and mobile intervention team;
- Storage and handling of the compulsory kits delivered together with the vehicles (identity books, guarantee certificates, instructions manual, medical kits, fire extinguishers, etc). The management of the logistic operations for these tools is also monitored by the informatic data system;
- Loading of the vehicles prepared for delivery on the trucks, operation performed by specialised staff and in accordance with the loading planning agreed with the transport operators;
- Transport documents for vehicles;
- An integrated software to administrate the activities in the centre, to monitor the activities as well as the reporting of indicators status to tertian parts;
The activity of the centre is performed according to the performance indicators agreed with the producer, and in this way the assessment of the damages level represents a KPI for Benga Autologistics; the informatic system implemented can provide the permanent assessment of this indicator and the reporting of data to the producer.
Autologistics advantages
The business partnership with Benga Autologistics for autologistics will provide the following advantages for a client:
- An only national logistic centre arranged and equipped in accordance with European standards ; there are performed all logistic operations, which involves costs reducing for producers;
- Easy access to the logistic centre by road, for the vehicles that enter the Romanian market through both the western part of the country and the southern one;
- The possibility to connect the centre to other intermodal transport methods - to Giurgiu or Constanta ports;
- The possibility of performing the activity within a modern centre, well-equipped and with high security;
- Specialised and trained staff performs the activity, in accordance with KPI which can be measured and monitored;
- Teh possibility of monitoring and reporting of the activity by means of the integrated informatic administration data system ;
- The possibility of the performance of all customs operations for producers;
- The possibility to enter the most important segment of Romanian automotive market - Buharest - with a market share of around 30%.