This process of making spatial transformations may at certain times be constrained by technology and available infrastructure. For instance, transportation technology and resources—ocean freight, rail, barge, truck, pipelines—determine the set of possible spatial transformations that can be made. Similarly, storage capacity determines the feasible inter-temporal transformations. These constraints vary in severity over time, need to be identified and ways have to be found to circumvent them. This can be achieved by finding alternative ways to arrange transportation, and/or investing in additional infrastructure that alleviates the constraints.
SOURCING
Prior to sourcing goods and developing customized products in remote locations, we do extensive pre-analysis considering the potential logistics solutions from the supply region to the place where the goods are consumed. With our expertise and vast experience in transportation combined with our strong forwarding partners, we are able to assess the risk of future transporaton bottlenecks like seasonal supply constraints, extreme weather conditions and local policy changes to make optimized choices on the supply side to guarantee even the most demanding delivery mandates of our customers.
STORAGE
Just as the locations between the production site of the goods and the consumption centres typically do not align, the timing of production and consumption is often disjoint as well. To meet ever more demanding just-in-time needs of our customers, we strategically store raw materials, sem-finished and finished products in accordance with customer requirements in diverse locations in order to guarantee on-time-delivery. We store products at Mellon Technology’s, producer and third-party-owned facilities with the pursuit of reliably, efficiently and responsively deliver to our customers, whenever they need new supplies.
SHIPPING
We cooperate with various freight forwarders and shipping companies to guarantee optimal delivery and logistics management. We use our knowledge and third-party resources to ensure safe loading of all types of goods from hard commodities to vulnerable high-precision products of all kinds of dimensions. Our space allocations with the top ocean-carriers ensures an uninterrupted supply chain, backed also by our policy requirements of using only modern, reliable vessels. All vessels must be Ship Inspection and Reporting (SIRE) certificated with at least two inspections and approvals within the previous six months.
CUSTOMIZED LOGISTICS
Whether by plane, train, truck, inland vessel or at sea - our tightly networked supply routes with intermodal services ensure both the most economically We make full use of made-to-measure transport and supply chain solutions regardless of our customer location, cargo dimensions, delivery volumes or complexity of the task. By in-depth analysis of the logistic needs of our customers, we accordingly design the most efficient connections to their defined locations, ranging from shipping ports to door-to-door services like delivering directly to their industrial facilities.
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