Logistics operator in Madrid
Terra Logistika is your logistics operator in Madrid, it is the partner logistics operator of your company from Madrid to the world.
As a logistics operator we offer the best logistics operator service from Madrid: Terra Logistika is a Madrid logistics company specialized in picking, storage, traceability, promotional logistics, warehouse services with the best service that a logistics operator can offer.
What is a logistics operator?
A logistics operator is a company technically specialized in the management of the processes included in the supply chain. Depending on the logistics operator and its services, the company can manage part or all of the processes included in the supply chain. Some of these main tasks and functions of logistics operators are storage, inventory management, transportation and distribution, and generation of reports through an information system. Currently, logistics operators offer an advanced logistics service by offering an online information system for tracking products and merchandise both internally in the logistics operator company and for its customers.
What are the main characteristics of a logistics operator?
The main characteristics of a logistics operator can be defined according to the degree or level of services provided, its level of technology, its geographical coverage and its specialization.
Main characteristics of logistics operators
Level of integration of the services provided
One of the main characteristics of a logistics operator is the degree or level of services provided in terms of its scope in the coverage of services within the supply chain. A logistics operator can occupy part, various parts or the entire supply chain. This characteristic may depend on the services that the logistics operator can offer or on the service specifically contracted by the client.
Technological level of a logistics operator
The level of technology used by a logistics operator is measured according to its level of technology in terms of its information systems, technology applied in the supply chain, degree of technological innovation in inventory methods and its interaction with the technologies used by its subcontracted companies.
Geographic coverage of a logistics operator
The geographical coverage of a logistics operator is the coverage area, it is the geographical limit of its services. The logistics operators with the greatest coverage of their services in Spain are mainly in Madrid and Barcelona. The scope of a logistics operator can be at the national level, throughout the territory of Spain and internationally. At Terra Logistika we are proud to be a logistics operator in Madrid, offering the best coverage for your company.
Specialization of a logistics operator
Although a logistics operator deals with general logistics in terms of the distribution of goods and products, some logistics operators specialize in a specific branch or sector of logistics. Specialized logistics operators specialized in a specific logistics sector, focus and specialize in a type of logistics services in order to optimize their services in the sector that can most generate significant income for the company by offering better market costs.
What services do logistics operators provide?
Logistics operators can offer as many services as activities carried out within the supply chain. Some logistics providers may subdivide their services within each supply chain process as well as offer extra logistics services. Each logistics operator can offer extra tasks from the merchandise warehouse or warehouse, during distribution to the delivery of the product to the final consumer.
Logistics companies can offer a comprehensive logistics service throughout the supply chain with all the technological integration within their company and for the end user or client. Comprehensive logistics companies of this type are also called advanced logistics operators or advanced comprehensive logistics companies due to their degree of technology, service coverage, transportation and their degree of integration in their services with respect to the entire supply chain, as well They are called flexible logistics companies, this type of logistics company can offer the following services:
1. Collection of products and merchandise
A logistics operator can provide services from the collection of products and merchandise in the warehouse or factory of its client. This type of service, the collection of products and merchandise, is stipulated by prior agreement with your client.
2. Reception of products and merchandise
Depending on the services and the logistics operator, the logistics company can be in charge of receiving products and merchandise through its transport network or through its client's own transport network.
3. Storage
Depending on the logistics operator, the company can offer the storage service for products and merchandise in its own warehouses. Logistics service providers with warehouses carry out the task of storing third-party products in their warehouses until the goods are delivered to the end user or customer when they leave them. Normally, logistics companies that offer storage services are also in charge of product inventory control, carrying out cataloging, labeling and stock control tasks within their facilities.
4. Picking
When the products are already inventoried in the warehouse, the operator or the logistics company manages the orders depending on the output orders or order orders which are requested by their customers. This process by which an operator is in charge of selecting and preparing the order of a product and merchandise, is called Picking.
5. Transportation and distribution of products and merchandise
The logistics company or logistics operator can also offer the transport service of products and merchandise, that is, it offers transport services through land, sea and air vehicles. Advanced logistics operators or those with greater coverage have transportation services that go from land (trucks, vans, cars, and trains). The transport service of a logistics operator can also include own transport companies, subcontracted or both. The purpose of a transport and distribution operator is to deliver the merchandise and products requested by the client to their destination.
6. Customer Service and Help Desk
A logistics provider can offer customer service and, depending on the degree of technology applied in the company, a logistics operator can offer customer service and assistance throughout the supply chain process as well as after the sale has been made, that is, after the merchandise has been delivered (also called post-sale service).